In re Matthew M. CA2/7

Filed 12/31/24 In re Matthew M. CA2/7 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 SEVEN

In re Matthew M., et al., Persons B330336 Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County Super. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN Ct. No. 20CCJP03451D-G) AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

MARISOL B.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Cathy Ostiller, Judge. Dismissed. Serobian Law and Liana Serobian, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Office of the County Counsel, Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Sally Son, Senior Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________

Marisol B. (Mother) challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the juvenile court’s jurisdictional findings pertaining to Mother’s four children. While her appeal was pending, the juvenile court terminated jurisdiction and granted Mother sole legal and physical custody of the children. Because we cannot provide Mother any effective relief—that is, relief that “ ‘can have a practical, tangible impact on the parties’ conduct or legal status’ ” (In re D.P. (2023) 14 Cal.5th 266, 277 (D.P.))—we dismiss her appeal as moot.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Mother and Rodrigo M. (Father) have four children: Matthew (born 2014), Jayden (born 2017), Nathan (born 2020), and J.M. (born 2022). In May 2023 the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) filed a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (a), (b)(1), and (j),1 alleging the children were at substantial risk of suffering serious physical harm as a result of (1) Mother and Father’s history of violent altercations in the children’s presence (counts a-1 and b-1); (2) Mother’s and Father’s physical abuse of the children (counts a-2, a-3, b-2, b-3, j- 1, and j-2); (3) Mother’s instruction to Matthew to lie about the parents’ violent altercations and physical abuse of the children (counts a-1, a-2, b-1, b-2, and j-1); and (4) each parent’s failure to protect the children from the other’s physical abuse (counts b-2, b-3, j-1, and j-2). In June 2023 the court sustained all counts, declared the children dependents of the court, and ordered them to remain in