Michael M. v. Superior Court CA1/4
In this juvenile writ proceeding, Michael M. (father) seeks extraordinary relief from the juvenile court order declining to provide him with reunification services and setting a permanency planning hearing with respect to his young daughter, Z.M. (born August 2017). Specifically, father argues that the juvenile court erred in denying him reunification services pursuant to subdivisions (b)(10) and (b)(13) of section 361.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and failed to make any explicit findings with respect to subdivision (b)(16) bypass. Father also avers that offering reunification services to him would have been in the minor’s best interests. Although father correctly highlights numerous procedural errors in the juvenile court’s bypass determinations, we conclude that the court’s underlying decision in this case to forgo reunification efforts with father was amply supported by the evidence. We therefore deny the petition.
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