Washington V. Cleveland

On June 11 and July 23, 1985, a fact-finding trial was held on a petition for dependency of 8-year-old K., the defendant's stepdaughter. The basis for the claimed dependency was the allegation that defendant, Ivan Cleveland, had sexually abused K. and that Mrs. Cleveland, K.'s mother and Cleveland's wife, would not order Cleveland to live elsewhere. The trial court found that the State had not shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the alleged sexual abuse had occurred and dismissed the petition.