In re Ashley M.
Appellant Scott M. (Father) was involuntarily hospitalized after he had been drinking for four consecutive days and expressed suicidal thoughts. Father’s girlfriend arranged for the children Ashley M. and Robert M. to go with their mother, Danielle B. (Mother) on the day Father was hospitalized. This was his third hospitalization during the past year. The juvenile court sustained a petition pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b),[1] which alleged that Father’s alcohol abuse and history of mental and emotional problems placed the children at risk. Father appealed, asserting that substantial evidence did not support the juvenile court’s jurisdictional findings.
We affirm. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) offered sufficient evidence to show there was a substantial risk the children would suffer serious physical harm or illness from Father’s inability to provide regular care for them due to his alcohol abuse and mental health issues.
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