In re E.F. CA1/3

Filed 7/29/25 In re E.F. CA1/3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

In re E.F., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. A171930 ALAMEDA COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY, (Alameda County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. JD-038176-01) v. J.B., Defendant and Appellant.

J.B. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court order finding jurisdiction over her minor child, E.F., under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b)(1)1 and the court’s dispositional order.2 Because the juvenile court has since terminated jurisdiction over the dependency proceeding, we can provide no effective relief to mother and dismiss her appeal as moot.

1 All further undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and

Institutions Code. 2 E.F.’s father, D.F. (father), was also involved in the juvenile court

proceedings, but only mother has appealed.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Unless otherwise indicated, all dates refer to 2024. Dependency Proceedings On September 15, the Alameda County Social Services Agency (the Agency) received a report that on September 14, father engaged in physical violence toward mother while she was holding the child, then five months old. In interviews with the Agency that week, mother reported the following. Mother had been in a relationship with father since March 2023. On the night of the incident, mother and father were sitting on the couch at home drinking tequila, having each taken about three to four shots, while the child was asleep on the couch. After mother brought up a conversation about father’s prior infidelity, and while the child was on mother’s chest as she sat on the couch, father began yelling and screaming, threw glass at the wall, pulled mother’s hair, and choked her by putting his hands around her neck (although she was still able to breathe). Father then fell asleep in front of mother and, not wanting to wake him up for fear of causing another scene, she texted her brother asking him to call the police. Police arrived at the house and arrested father, who, unbeknownst to mother, had a gun on him. Mother further reported this was not the first time father had acted violently toward her; there had been four previous times father had “ ‘put hands on [her],’ ” which involved choking her, hitting, and breaking and throwing things around her. During one of those instances that occurred two weeks prior, father pushed mother onto the couch where the child was sleeping. Mother had not called the police those prior times because of “ ‘hope.’ ” Mother developed a safety plan with the Agency and the maternal grandmother to allow the child to safely stay in mother’s care and to avoid contact with father.