In re B.L. CA2/8

Filed 1/12/26 In re B.L. CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 EIGHT

In re B.L., a Person Coming B348233 Under the Juvenile Court Law. ______________________________ Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES COUNTY Super. Ct. No. 24CCJP03023A DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

L.L.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Juan M. Valles, Juvenile Court Referee. Appeal dismissed. L.L., in pro. per.; and Jill Smith, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________

L.L. (Mother) appeals from the trial court order terminating her parental rights over one-year-old Baby Boy L. (B.L.) Counsel representing Mother filed a brief identifying no arguable issue for appeal consistent with In re Phoenix H. (2009) 47 Cal.4th 835, 843–844 (Phoenix H.). Thereafter, Mother in pro per filed a supplemental brief. B.L. is Mother’s sixth child. Mother has lost parental rights to her five older children and to a seventh and eighth child born after B.L. either through adoption, sole physical and legal custody given to a father, or outright termination of parental rights by the juvenile court. On September 22, 2024, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) received a referral that Mother was giving birth on the street and was taken to the emergency room. She tested positive for fentanyl and methamphetamine. On September 24, 2024, DCFS filed a Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 300 petition for newborn B.L. The petition alleged B.L. tested positive at birth for methamphetamine and fentanyl and Mother had a history of substance abuse leading to child welfare cases for B.L.’s siblings. The petition alleged B.L. was at risk of serious physical and emotional harm if he remained in Mother’s care and custody. At the detention hearing on September 25, 2024, the juvenile court detained B.L. for out-of-home placement and ordered monitored visitation by Mother at least three times weekly for three hours after contact with DCFS. The juvenile court found that