In re S.G.
This is an appeal by Timothy G., the father of then six-year-old S. and stepfather of then 12-year-old M. (hereafter referred to as father), and Gina G., the mother of both girls (hereafter referred to as mother), from the trial courts March 23, 2006, disposition on Welfare and Institutions Code section 300[1]petitions filed with respect to each girl in January 2006 after M. disclosed, among other things, that father made her lay nude on the living room floor while he watched television, and then made her fold laundry nude, purportedly to punish M. for misbehaving. After the San Bernardino County Department of Childrens Services (hereafter DCS) removed both girls from the custody of mother and father and placed them in foster care, S. reported that father had molested her. DCS filed a subsequent petition under section 342 with respect to S., and mother and father appeal from the dispositions on the original and subsequent petitions. Father also challenges the trial courts October 2006 postdisposition findings at the six-month review hearing that DCS had provided reasonable reunification services to father, and that returning S. to fathers custody posed a substantial risk of detriment to the child. Court conclude that mothers and fathers contentions, which Court set out in detail below, are meritless. Therefore, Court affirm the dispositions and the postjudgment order.
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