In re I.R. CA4/2
I.R., the minor, was removed from her parents’ custody after she disclosed her father had touched her inappropriately. The parents pled no contest to allegations of sexual abuse and failure to protect and were given reunification services. At the twelve-month review hearing, custody was returned to the mother on a plan of Family Maintenance, but father’s visits, although liberalized, remained supervised. Subsequently, the San Bernardino County Children and Family Services (CFS) agency submitted an approval packet seeking to dismiss the dependency. Father objected to dismissal, preferring to wait until the regular review hearing in order to present expert testimony that it was unlikely he ever molested his daughter. The court considered the expert’s preliminary report but denied a continuance. After considering the expert’s evaluation and hearing father’s testimony, the court dismissed the dependency case with exit orders to family court with liberalized visitation for f
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