In re N.R. CA2/4

Filed 6/20/25 In re N.R. CA2/4 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 FOUR

In re N.R., B331934

a Person Coming Under the (Los Angeles County Juvenile Court Law. Super. Ct. No. 23CCJP02061)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

J.L.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Mark A. Davis, Judge. Dismissed. Sara R. Peters, by appointment of the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and William D. Thetford, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

INTRODUCTION J.L. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdictional findings and dispositional orders removing her son, N.R., from her custody and placing him with his father, L.R. (father). Mother argues the trial court’s jurisdictional findings were not supported by substantial evidence. Respondent Department of Children and Family Services (Department) argues the appeal has been rendered moot by a subsequent trial court order terminating jurisdiction. We agree with the Department that subsequent events have rendered this appeal moot. Therefore, we dismiss it.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On June 8, 2023, when N.R. was one year old, mother called his maternal grandmother to say that N.R. had fallen off a play slide in their living room and hurt himself. The maternal grandmother went to the home where mother lived with N.R. and father, and at some point summoned the police. Mother refused to open the door to the police. Eventually, father left work to come and open the door to the police. N.R. proved to be unhurt, but the police took mother to mental health urgent care “due to her erratic behavior.” Because father needed to work and to make arrangements for the funeral of N.R.’s recently deceased paternal grandfather, the maternal grandmother stayed at the home to watch N.R. Mother arrived at the hospital “very angry and combative” and was placed on a psychiatric hold. The situation was reported to the Department; mother was described as “incoherent” and “paranoid.” This was mother’s third trip to a mental health hospital in the last five years. She was diagnosed with psychosis each time.