In re J.K. CA4/1

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

In re J.K. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

SAN DIEGO HEALTH AND HUMAN D087203 SERVICES AGENCY, (Super. Ct. Nos. J518367A–D) Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

S.K.,

Objector and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Lilys D. McCoy, Judge. Affirmed. William D. Caldwell, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Objector and Appellant. Damon M. Brown, County Counsel, Lisa M. Maldonado, Chief Deputy County Counsel, Natasha Edwards, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. S.K. (Mother), the mother of J.K., A.M., T.K., and D.W., appeals from the jurisdictional findings and dispositional orders declaring her children

dependents of the juvenile court and ordering drug testing after the court

sustained a petition pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300,1 which alleged the children were exposed to domestic violence as a result of the parents’ failure or inability to adequately supervise or protect the children. Mother contends the jurisdictional findings are not supported by substantial evidence and that the court abused its discretion in ordering her to drug test as part of the court ordered case plan. We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND In July 2025, the Health and Human Services Agency (Agency) filed section 300, subdivision (b)(1)(A) petitions regarding minors J.K., A.M., T.K., and D.W. The petitions alleged that in January 2025, the children were

exposed to domestic violence between Mother and I.W., the father of D.W.2 I.W. punched Mother in the face, dragged her from a couch onto the ground, attempted to drag her upstairs, and kicked her in the face and chest twice. He threw Mother against a wall and dragged her by her arm on the ground inside the apartment. Further, in June 2025, I.W. pushed Mother while she was trying to enter her car and locked her out of her car while their child, D.W., was inside. Following that incident, Mother and I.W. continued to have contact with each other in the family home, disregarding the conditions of I.W.’s parole. At the July 2025 detention hearing, the court detained the minors in Mother’s home.