In re Elijah G. CA2/4
In March 2021, the juvenile court asserted jurisdiction over five-year-old Elijah G., finding the child at risk because appellant-father Eric G. had sexually abused him, because Father had sexually abused Elijah’s teenage half-sister Brianna (who was not Father’s daughter), and because the children’s mother (non-party R.E.) had failed to protect Elijah from Father. The court subsequently removed Elijah from both parents’ custody. On appeal, Father argues the jurisdictional finding must be reversed because: (a) substantial evidence did not support the finding that he sexually abused Elijah; and (b) the court did not find Elijah was at risk from Father’s abuse of Brianna, and in any case, such a finding was unsupported by substantial evidence. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) disagrees.
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