In re L.L. CA2/2

Filed 3/6/26 In re L.L. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 L.L. et al., Persons Coming B345302 Under the Juvenile Court Law.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF Super. Ct. No. CHILDREN AND FAMILY 23CCJP00707B–D) SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

Y.C.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Georgia A. Huerta, Judge. Affirmed. Anuradha Khemka, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Kimberly Roura, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. __________________________________________

Y.C. (mother) appeals from the orders asserting dependency jurisdiction over the three daughters she shares with M.L. (father). She argues that insufficient evidence supported the juvenile court’s finding that the domestic violence in her relationship with her boyfriend in the presence of the daughters’ half sibling created a substantial risk of harm to the daughters at issue. Although jurisdiction was also based on the conduct of father, who did not appeal, and although mother does not challenge the dispositional orders, we exercise our discretion to reach the merits of mother’s jurisdictional challenge and affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 1. The family Mother and father have three daughters together (born 2015, 2016, and 2018), but are no longer a couple. When mother and father were together, father kicked and hit mother in the stomach and choked her while she was pregnant. Mother did not call the police. Both parents then found new partners, and these relationships were also marred by domestic violence. 2. Prior dependency case involving maternal half sibling Mother has another child who was the subject of a different dependency case arising from domestic violence between mother and her boyfriend, R.S., in that child’s presence. In December 2023, the juvenile court sustained allegations that R.S. spat on mother, pushed her down, choked her with both of his hands, pressed a screwdriver against her face, struck her face with his fists, and pressed knives against her neck and back, causing