In re D.T

Filed 5/5/06 In re D.T. CA2/2

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.

Steven Berman, Temporary Judge. (Pursuant to Cal. Const., art. VI, § 21.) Conditionally reversed.

Michael A. Salazar, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., County Counsel, Larry Cory, Assistant County Counsel, Arezoo Pichvai, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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This appeal is from a restraining order issued by the juvenile court (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 213.5, subd. (a)) against appellant, Bruce T., following a dependency petition (§ 300) and the termination of appellant's parental rights as to his son, D.T. (born July 2001).^[1] The restraining order was prompted by appellant's annoying and molesting conduct toward his son and his son's maternal grandmother and caretaker, Edwina L. Contrary to appellant's contention, he was not a â€