In re Alize K. CA2/3

Filed 4/30/14 In re Alize K. CA2/3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

In re ALIZE K. et al., Persons Coming B250814 Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. CK81586) LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

JEANNA H.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Honorable Jacqueline Lewis, Referee. Affirmed.

Kimberly A. Knill, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Tarkian & Associates and Arezoo Pichvai, for Plaintiff and Respondent. _____________________

INTRODUCTION Jeanna H. (mother) appeals from an order to retain dependency jurisdiction over her daughter, Alize K. (age 13), and her sons, Armani K. (age 11) and Giovanni Y. (age 1), following a contested status review hearing pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 364. We affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Because resolution of this appeal turns upon the existence of substantial evidence supporting the juvenile court’s order, we state the facts in the manner most favorable to the court’s determination, resolving all evidentiary conflicts in favor of the court’s findings. (In re Heather A. (1996) 52 Cal.App.4th 183, 193; In re N. S. (2002) 97 Cal.App.4th 167, 172.) This is not mother’s first encounter with the dependency system. In 1997, child protective services in Wisconsin removed mother’s oldest daughter, Mercedes H., due to neglect when Mercedes was nine months old. Mercedes was placed with her maternal grandparents, who eventually became the child’s legal guardians. In 2001, Wisconsin officials also removed Alize from mother’s care and placed her with the maternal grandparents. Mother successfully reunified with Alize in 2004, and the case was terminated in 2005. In 2007, mother and the children moved from Wisconsin to Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) initiated the current case in May 2012, after receiving a report that police were called to respond to a domestic violence incident involving mother’s boyfriend, Jackie Y., at mother’s apartment. Jackie allegedly ripped the apartment door off its hinges, entered the apartment, and broke through another door, while the children were in the home. The reporter also stated that police had responded to mother’s apartment 11 different times in the previous nine months regarding some type of domestic