In re A.C. CA2/7

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

In re A.C., a Person Coming Under B342428 the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. CK98814-A

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Respondent,

v.

A.C. et al.,

Appellants.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Tara L. Newman, Judge. Reversed and remanded with directions.

Lelah S. Forrey-Baker, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Appellant A.C. Christopher Booth, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Appellant Deborah P. Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, and Bryan Mercke, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ________________________

Minor A.C. (born 2010) and Deborah P., her maternal grandmother and legal guardian, appeal from an order of the juvenile court terminating the guardianship and returning A.C. to the custody of her Mother, Taylor C.1 Both contend the juvenile court did not apply the best interest of the child standard when it terminated the guardianship and placed A.C. with Mother because it applied an incorrect standard applicable to different dependency proceedings. The Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (Department) concedes “the juvenile court applied the incorrect standard in terminating the guardianship” and “does not oppose reversal of the juvenile court’s October 25, 2024 orders and remand for a new hearing.” We agree and therefore reverse and remand for the juvenile court to apply the correct legal standard. As relevant here, after Mother and A.C. failed to reunify, the juvenile court placed A.C. in Deborah’s legal guardianship and terminated dependency jurisdiction in April 2018.2