In re Omar G.
Manuel V. (Father) appeals from the August 2, 2011 jurisdictional and dispositional orders of the juvenile court adjudging Omar G. a dependent of the court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b) (failure to protect).[1] Father contends that the court improperly considered witness statements in the social studies because they were not admissible under section 355, subdivision (c)(1) and that his due process rights were infringed upon because the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) did not call witnesses. Father also contends that the court erred in denying Father’s request to take judicial notice of the family law file and prior dependency file and erred in denying Father’s request to call paternal grandmother at the dispositional hearing. Further, Father contends that there was insufficient evidence to support the jurisdictional finding and that the court’s dispositional orders should be reversed. Angelica G. (Mother) is not a party to this appeal. We decline DCFS’s invitation to dismiss the appeal as moot. We disagree with Father’s contentions and affirm the orders of the court.
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