In re H.M. CA2/7

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

In re H.M. et al., Persons Coming B344521 Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County Super. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN Ct. No. 24CCJP03972A-C) AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

B.L.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Charles Q. Clay III, Judge. Dismissed. Jennifer L. Peabody and Mary Manuel, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Office of the County Counsel, Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Eden Gharapet, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. _____________________

Brandy L. (Mother) appeals from an order asserting dependency jurisdiction over her children, arguing there was insufficient evidence showing the children were at risk of harm at the time of the jurisdiction hearing. Although the juvenile court sustained the dependency petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300,1 it did not declare the children dependents of the court and instead ordered six months of informal supervision under section 360, subdivision (b). While this appeal was pending, the supervision period ended without further court involvement. Thus, the juvenile court no longer has jurisdiction over the children, and there is no relief we can grant Mother. Accordingly, we dismiss her appeal as moot.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Mother’s three children, H.M., J.M., and B.P., were born in June 2008, October 2010, and October 2015 respectively. Neither H.M. and J.M.’s presumed father nor B.P.’s presumed father is a party to this appeal. In December 2024, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) filed a dependency petition under section 300, subdivision (b)(1), alleging Mother had placed the children at risk of serious harm based on a home environment where law enforcement had found gang paraphernalia, marijuana, nitrous oxide, and promethazine in the home and four pounds of methamphetamine and ammunition in an adjacent shed. Law enforcement and the Department discovered these conditions when Mother’s cousin, an affiliated