In re S.L. CA4/2
Defendant and appellant J.C., hereafter referred to as father, appeals from an order terminating his parental rights to the minors S.L. and G.C. Throughout the dependency proceedings, father was incarcerated in a different county, awaiting trial for the murder of an unrelated infant, and was not allowed to attend the proceedings. He was, however, represented at all times by counsel. He contends that the juvenile court violated his federal constitutional due process rights and his state statutory right to be notified about juvenile court proceedings and to be produced to attend those proceedings. He contends that his exclusion from the jurisdiction/disposition hearing was prejudicial.
We conclude that father’s contentions with respect to his absence from the jurisdiction/disposition hearing are not cognizable in this appeal because he did not appeal from the disposition order.
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