IN RE R.C.

No. B228373.

196 Cal.App.4th 741 (2011)

In re R.C. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. EDWIN H. et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

June 14, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea Sheridan Ordin , County Counsel, James M. Owens , Assistant County Counsel, and William D. Thetford , Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Anna L. Ollinger , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent Edwin H.

Darlene Azevedo Kelly , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Respondents R.C. and Jonathan H.


OPINION

PERLUSS, P. J.

A 32-year-old man who claims to be in love with a 12-year-old child living in his household engages in tongue-to-tongue or French kissing with her on at least three occasions. Is it a permissible inference that this behavior, although inappropriate, was not sexual in nature or is the only reasonable inference under these circumstances that the man kissed the child "with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or...

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