IN RE JESUSA V.

No. S106843.

10 Cal.Rptr.3d 205 (2004)

85 P.3d 2

32 Cal.4th 588

In re JESUSA V., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Heriberto C., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

March 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Dodd, Tustin, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Lisa A. DiGrazia for Defendant and Appellant.

Lloyd W. Pellman, County Counsel, and Lois D. Timnick, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Children's Law Center of Los Angeles, Law Offices of Kenneth P. Sherman, Marissa Coffey, Monterey Park, and Kenneth P. Sherman for Minor.

Donna Wickham Furth and Shannan Wilber for Northern California Association of Counsel for Children and Legal Services for Children, San Francisco, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Minor.


BAXTER, J.

Jesusa V. became the subject of this dependency action when her biological father, Heriberto C., was taken into police custody for beating and raping her mother, and her mother, who was pregnant at the time, was hospitalized because of her injuries. At the detention hearing, the juvenile court ordered Jesusa to be placed with Paul B., the mother's husband and the father of her five other children.

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