In re R.N. CA2/2

Filed 8/15/24 In re R.N. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

In re R.N. et al., Persons B327581, Coming Under the Juvenile consolidated with B332632 Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 22LJJP00505A-C)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

T. N. et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEALS from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Debra L. Gonzales, Judge Pro Tempore. Affirmed.

Gina Zaragoza, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant T.N.

Carol A. Koenig, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Z.W.

Dawyn R. Harrison, Acting County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Jane Kwon, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

****** T.N. (father) and Z.W. (mother) appeal the juvenile court’s exertion of dependency jurisdiction over their three young children on the ground that it is unsupported by the record. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) argues that the court’s subsequent termination of jurisdiction renders the parents’ appeals moot. Although we exercise our discretion to reach the merits of the parents’ appeals, we conclude that the juvenile court’s exercise of jurisdiction is supported by substantial evidence. Accordingly, we affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND I. Facts Father and mother have three children together: R.N. (born July 2019), Z.N. (born April 2021), and T.N. (born April 2022). In July 2020, father microwaved a bowl of water to make a soap solution to kill ants in the bedroom. He placed the bowl on a