In re M.R. CA2/2

Filed 12/24/24 In re M.R. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 M.R., a Person Coming B326477 Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 22CCJP04411A)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

R.R. et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEALS from findings and orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Jean M. Nelson, Judge. Dismissed.

David M. Yorton, Jr., under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant R.R.

Emery El Habiby, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant V.R.

Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, Avedis Koutoujian, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ______________________________

Defendants and appellants R.R. (mother) and V.R. (father)1 appeal from the juvenile court’s January 11, 2023, jurisdictional findings and dispositional orders in which their daughter, M.R. (minor, born Nov. 2015), was declared a dependent of the court and removed from father’s custody. In light of the subsequent termination of juvenile dependency jurisdiction and the release of minor to both parents, we dismiss the appeals as moot. BACKGROUND Dependency Petition On November 9, 2022, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a dependency petition seeking the juvenile court’s exercise of jurisdiction over minor pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b)(1) (failure to protect). Count b-1 alleged that, in September 2022, father had driven a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol with minor