In re J.L. CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

In re J.L., a Person Coming Under the B250860 Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. CK76604)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

J.L.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Emma Castro, Juvenile Court Referee. Affirmed. Robert McLaughlin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. John F. Krattli, County Counsel, James M. Owens, Assistant County Counsel, and Kim Nemoy, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ******

Father J.L. (father) challenges the juvenile court’s assumption of jurisdiction over his son J.L. (J.L.) and challenges the juvenile court’s decision to deny him reunification services. We find no error and affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURE When J.L. was born in May 2013, he tested positive for methamphetamine. Following the filing of a Welfare and Institutions Code section 3001 petition, the court sustained the following amended allegation against mother: J.L. “suffered from prenatal exposure to methamphetamine. The minor’s mother . . . acknowledged that she used methamphetamine while pregnant with [J.L.] and a drug test on 5/18/2013 confirmed that both mother and the minor has ingested the drug. Further, the mother has a multi-year history of substance abuse including drug related convictions in 2006 and 2012. The child’s sibling, [N.G.], received permanent placement services due to mother’s substance abuse. The minor’s half-siblings [received] permanent placement and the mother’s substance abuse places the minor [J.L.] at substantial risk of serious physical harm.” Maternal grandmother adopted J.L.’s two older siblings. Mother’s criminal history included convictions for transportation of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance for sale. Father was not at the hospital when J.L was born. He was incarcerated. Father’s mother (grandmother) expressed a willingness to care for J.L. Grandmother told a social worker that father was arrested for possessing methamphetamine. Grandmother further explained that father had an older child with whom he had no contact. The court found father to be J.L.’s biological father. Sometime in May 2013, J.L. was placed in foster care and subsequently was moved to the care of his paternal grandmother. On June 24, 2013, the petition was amended to allege that father has a history of convictions for drug-related offenses and was incarcerated for possession of a