on January 19, 2012. Father was not present. The
court found a prima facie case for detaining both children and ordered that they be
placed in shelter care. The matter was continued to February 21, 2012 for a
pretrial resolution conference.
      In a jurisdiction/disposition report filed on February 21, 2012, the
Department reported that father was incarcerated at an ICE detention facility at the
Santa Ana City jail. The matter was continued to allow counsel to contact him,
and then continued again (twice) to allow father to be present in court. Father
appeared in juvenile court on May 7, 2012. The court deemed father to be the
presumed father of Amir, set a visitation schedule for father, and set the matter for
a contested disposition hearing on June 26, 2012.
     In a report filed for that hearing, the Department stated that father came to
the Department on May 16, 2012 to see the case social worker (the CSW). The
CSW gave father the phone numbers for Amir’s caregiver and the Foster Family
Agency (FFA) social worker so he could schedule visits with Amir. Father told the
CSW that mother used to bring Amir to visit him when he was in immigration jail.
When asked why he was in jail, father explained that it was because he did not
have immigration papers and he was going to be deported. He said he was
released because he had been granted asylum.
      In supplemental reports filed on the day of the contested disposition hearing,
the Department noted that on May 16,