In re W.C. CA5
On May 18, 2017, the juvenile court, following a contested jurisdictional hearing, adjudged then one-year-old W.C. a dependent child after sustaining allegations he suffered nonaccidental injuries while in the care of his parents, K.C. (father) and A.C. (mother), who shared joint custody. The court returned W.C. to mother’s custody but ordered his continued detention from father, finding it would be detrimental to return him to father’s custody. On May 30 and June 13, 2017, at uncontested dispositional hearings, the court ordered family maintenance services for mother and accepted father’s waiver of reunification services, respectively.
Father appealed from the juvenile court’s May 18, 2017, findings and orders. After reviewing the juvenile court record, father’s court-appointed counsel informed this court she could find no arguable issues to raise on father’s behalf. This court granted father leave to personally file a letter setting forth a good cause showing that
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