In re A.W. CA3

Filed 12/16/24 In re A.W. CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Sacramento) ----

In re A.W., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court C100321 Law.

SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF (Super. Ct. No. JD242569) CHILD, FAMILY AND ADULT SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

E.S.,

Defendant and Appellant.

E.S. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdictional and dispositional orders. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 300, 361, 395.)1 Mother does not dispute the juvenile

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

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court’s jurisdictional findings or its order removing the minor from her custody. Rather, she contends the juvenile court should not have placed the minor with T.W. (father) in Nevada because the placement was detrimental to the minor. Because there is substantial evidence supporting the juvenile court’s finding that the minor would not suffer detriment if placed with father, we will affirm the juvenile court’s orders. BACKGROUND During a road trip in New Jersey, mother had a physical altercation with a woman. The minor, then seven years old, intervened and sustained minor injuries. Mother was arrested, placed on a section 5150 mental hold, and transferred to jail. The minor was placed in protective custody in New Jersey. Mother completed a psychiatric and psychological evaluation for Child Protective Services (CPS) in New Jersey which showed that she had symptoms of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. But mother denied having mental health problems and refused treatment. The case was transferred to Sacramento County, California, where mother lived, and the Sacramento County Department of Child, Family and Adult Services (Department) filed a dependency petition pursuant to section 300, subdivision (b). The petition alleged failure to protect the minor due to mother’s untreated mental health issues and substance abuse, putting the minor at substantial risk of serious harm. The minor’s resource parent in New Jersey reported the minor was in her care and doing well. Mother and father were having supervised telephone contact with the minor with no concerns. The resource parent reported that father was unemployed and living in Nevada with the paternal grandmother. A CPS supervisor in New Jersey obtained a Texas CPS report showing the minor had previously been removed from mother’s care in 2019 due to mother’s mental health issues. Various maternal relatives expressed concern about mother’s mental health and declined to be involved in the minor’s placement. But