In re I.O. CA2/8
Lazaro O., the father (Father) of I.O., appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdictional findings and a dispositional order. I.O.’s mother (Mother) does not appeal. Father argues that substantial evidence does not support the jurisdictional findings and orders that I.O. is a person described by Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (a) and (b), due to Father’s actions. He further contends that the juvenile court abused its discretion in ordering him to attend a domestic violence counseling program as part of his reunification plan.
We find Father’s challenges to the juvenile court’s jurisdictional findings as to him justiciable. We hold that substantial evidence supports the juvenile court’s jurisdictional findings based on domestic violence and, alternatively, on Father’s failure to protect I.O. from Mother’s drug abuse.
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