In re S.R. CA5

Filed 3/18/26 In re S.R. CA5

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

In re S.R. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

KERN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN F090253 SERVICES, (Super. Ct. Nos. JD146769-00, Plaintiff and Respondent, JD146770-00)

v. OPINION A.D.,

Defendant and Appellant.

THE COURT* APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kern County. Susan M. Gill, Judge. Monica Vogelmann, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, A.D., in propria persona, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. -ooOoo-

* Before Detjen, Acting P. J., Meehan, J. and DeSantos, J.

In this juvenile dependency case, A.D. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s dispositional order declaring her two minor children, A.R. and S.R. (collectively, the children), dependents of the court. After reviewing the record, mother’s court-appointed appellate counsel informed this court she could find no arguable issues to raise on mother’s behalf. This court granted mother leave to personally file a letter brief setting forth a good cause showing that an arguable issue of reversible error exists. (In re Phoenix H. (2009) 47 Cal.4th 835, 844.) Mother filed a letter brief but has failed to make such a showing. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On January 23, 2025, the Kern County Department of Human Services (department) filed juvenile dependency petitions on behalf of then 10-year-old twins S.R. and A.R. alleging they came within the juvenile court’s jurisdiction under Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 300, subdivision (b)(1) (failure to protect), and additionally that A.R. came within the court’s jurisdiction under section 300, subdivision (i) (cruelty). The children were detained from their great-grandmother and legal guardian L.L. (guardian) with whom they lived at the time of detention. It was alleged guardian failed to adequately supervise or protect the children from mother and mother’s boyfriend C.R. The supporting facts included that on December 25, 2024, an incident occurred during which mother and C.R. physically abused A.R., including throwing him on a bed; smothering him with a pillow; hitting him with a hairbrush; and attempting to force feces in his mouth, causing bruising on his face. Guardian and S.R. were present for the incident. It was further alleged that guardian was aware of the risk mother and C.R. posed because of an incident in July 2024, where C.R. hung A.R. upside down.