In re J.R. CA6
In 2017, a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300 was filed alleging that minor (J.R., born 2006) came within the juvenile court’s jurisdiction because her caretaker, G.R. (hereafter Gregory), used a four-foot wooden paddle to hit her on her buttocks and thighs. Gregory, a family friend, is not minor’s biological father, but minor lived with Gregory for several years after her parents became homeless. After the dependency petition was filed and minor was removed from his care, Gregory filed a motion requesting to be designated minor’s third presumed parent under Family Code sections 7611, subdivision (d) and 7612, subdivision (c). Minor and both of her biological parents supported Gregory’s motion. Following a contested hearing, the juvenile court denied Gregory’s motion after finding he failed to hold minor out as his own child.
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