In re A.I.P. CA2/4

Filed 6/23/25 In re A.I.P. CA2/4 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 A.I.P. et al., Persons B335574 Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 23CCJP03635A-E) LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

N.P.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Craig S. Barnes, Judge. Dismissed. David M. Yorton, Jr., under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Kimberly Roura, Senior Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ______________________________________________ Mother, N.P., challenges the jurisdictional finding that the juvenile court made under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (a),1 based on allegations that mother physically abused one of her children. The court also found jurisdiction was proper based on other allegations against mother, including identical allegations of physical abuse under subdivisions (b) and (j) of section 300, as well as additional allegations against father, E.P. Mother does not challenge those jurisdictional findings. We dismiss the appeal for lack of justiciability.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Mother is the parent of five children: A.I.P (born 2006), B.P. (born 2009), Ar.P. (born 2012), J.P. (born 2012), and R.P. (born 2022). Father, E.P., is the father of Ar.P., J.P., and R.P. A.I.P. and B.P. have different biological fathers. None of the fathers are parties to this appeal. We therefore focus on the facts relevant to the issue raised by mother. In September 2023, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) received a referral alleging that J.P. disclosed mother recently slapped J.P. while J.P. was sleeping. Mother previously told the reporting party she would slap J.P. “because the child tends to talk back to her.” J.P. also disclosed that about three weeks before, father was upset with J.P. and threw a water bottle at her that hit her in the eye.