In re B.H. CA2/3
This case presents the rare appeal by the social services agency, and the children it is charged with protecting, from the juvenile court’s dismissal of the dependency petition filed on the children’s behalf. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a petition under section 300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code on behalf of minor children B.H. and J.H. The petition alleged the children were at substantial risk of sexual abuse based on their father C.H.’s alleged sexual abuse of his daughter, their half-sister, and their mother A.R.’s failure to keep father away from the children. Father was arrested for sexually abusing the half-sister and, while the dependency proceeding was pending, pled nolo contendere and was convicted of two felony counts of sexual abuse.
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