In re K.C.-M. CA1/3

Filed 4/17/25 In re K.C.-M. CA1/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

In re K.C.-M., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

A169414, A169419, A169612 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, (Contra Costa County v. Super. Ct. No. J1601174) K.C.-M., Defendant and Appellant.

In November 2023, following an incident where K.C.-M.1 (then a 13- year-old dependent of the court) brandished a knife at her foster parents and another minor at her foster home, the Contra Costa County District Attorney filed a Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 juvenile wardship petition charging K.C.-M. with three felony counts.2

1 Although the trial court docket lists appellant as K.C., we refer to her

as K.C.-M. as the record and briefing reflect those are her full initials. 2 All further undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and

Institutions Code.

1

That same month, and pursuant to a negotiated disposition, K.C.-M. pled no contest to misdemeanor criminal threats (Pen. Code, § 422, subd. (a)), reduced from a felony charge, and an amended felony count of battery causing serious bodily injury (id., § 243, subd. (d)). The remaining charges were dismissed on motion of the district attorney. K.C.-M. waived her right to appeal from the jurisdiction order. The court sustained the section 602 petition and placed K.C.-M. on six months of nonwardship probation pursuant to section 725 subject to, among other terms, standard conditions of probation, 90 days of home supervision, and an electronic search condition. In December 2023, after continued noncompliance with the terms of her probation, including misconduct at and fleeing from her supervised placement, the juvenile court found K.C.-M. in violation of her section 725 nonwardship probation and terminated it unsuccessfully. The court ordered K.C.-M. detained in juvenile hall pending final disposition on the section 602 petition. Following contested disposition hearings in January 2024, the court adjudged K.C.-M. a ward of the court, committed her to a county institution for a period not to exceed her remaining custody time of three years and 51 days, and dismissed her section 300 dependency. The court ordered K.C.-M. to participate in the “Girls in Motion” program in juvenile hall, finding it was the least restrictive disposition reasonably available. It further ordered her to participate in counseling services funded by probation, imposed standard terms of probation at her placement, and imposed an electronic search condition.3