In re Lucas S.
Lori Siegel, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Minor.
Harvey B. (Father) appeals from the October 28, 2010 jurisdictional and December 28, 2010 dispositional orders of the juvenile court adjudging minor Lucas S. a dependent of the juvenile court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b) (failure to protect).[1] Father urges that the family law court was the proper forum rather than the juvenile court. He also challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the court's jurisdictional findings sustaining the amended petition, which he contends was defective on its face. And Father claims that his due process rights were violated when the juvenile court amended the section 300 petition to conform to proof. Father further contends the juvenile court's dispositional orders removing Lucas from his custody and requiring Father to complete individual counseling with an emphasis on sexual abuse for perpetrators were improper.[2]
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