In re A.M. CA2/2

Filed 1/8/26 In re A.M. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 TWO

In re A.M., a Person Coming B342064 Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 24CCJP02376A)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

S.M.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Jean M. Nelson, Judge. Reversed and remanded. Thomas Stephens, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Jacklyn K. Louie, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. __________________________________________

S.M. (mother) argues that insufficient evidence supports the juvenile court’s jurisdictional and dispositional orders. We agree. Accordingly, we reverse those orders and remand the matter to the family court for a hearing on any outstanding custody and visitation issues. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 1. The Family Mother and A.M. senior (father) had their son A.M. in July 2014. They separated in November 2022, and mother got a restraining order against father that required him to move out of the family home. The home was placed on the market, and mother planned to (and did) move to Florida once it sold. Father filed a petition in the family court to prevent mother from moving A.M. to Florida. That court issued an order in April 2023, giving parents joint legal and physical custody, preventing mother from moving A.M. to Florida, and prohibiting corporal punishment. In January 2024, mother filed a request to move to Florida with A.M., which the family court denied on June 4, 2024. The court kept in place the joint legal and physical custody order but awarded sole physical custody to father upon mother’s move to Florida. On June 19, 2024, mother picked up then nine-year-old A.M., took him home and then out to lunch. At the restaurant, mother placed her hands on his shoulders, and he told her not to touch him. This upset mother. A.M. then played with his iPad