In re T.B. CA4/2
Appellant, T.B., a minor, age 14, appeals from the judgment entered after the dependency court ordered reunification services for defendant and respondent, V.B. (Father). At the jurisdictional and dispositional hearing, the court found that Father had physically abused T.B., and found true the allegations of risk of serious physical harm under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (a) and (b). T.B. argues that the court failed to apply the correct standard of review in denying his request to bypass reunification services. Additionally, T.B. argues that the court abused its discretion by relying on only one factor to order reunification services for Father. We find that T.B. forfeited his argument to the court using the incorrect standard of review regarding bypass and reunification services by not raising it in the lower court. We further conclude that even reaching the merits of T.B.’s claim, the court did not abuse its discretion. We therefore affirm the judg
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