In re Eh. R. CA2/8

Filed 11/21/14 In re Eh. R. CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 EIGHT

In re Eh.R. et al., Persons Coming Under B254738 the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. CK68297)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

S.N.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Carlos E. Vasquez, Judge. Affirmed. Valerie N. Lankford, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Richard D. Weiss, Acting County Counsel, Dawyn R. Harrison, Assistant County Counsel, and Jeanette Cauble, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ******

On appeal, mother S.N. challenges only the juvenile court’s dispositional order removing the children from her care and awarding father E.R. sole physical and joint legal custody. We affirm the juvenile court’s dispositional order placing the children in father’s care. FACTS AND PROCEDURE Mother and father have three minor children S.R. (born in 1997), Eh.R. (born in 2000) and Ee.R. (born in 2005). The children were declared dependents of the juvenile court. Mother challenges the placement only of Eh.R. and Ee.R. 1. Petition The initial Welfare and Institutions Code section 300 petition was filed on July 1, 2013, approximately a year and a half after the family came to the attention of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).1 Prior to the filing of the petition, S.R. was placed outside the family home, and family maintenance services were offered with respect to Eh.R. and Ee.R. Mother did not comply with her case plan, which included a requirement she attend individual counseling and conjoint counseling with S.R. DCFS filed the section 300 petition and requested the court detain the children. The amended petition as later sustained alleged that mother physically abused S.R., thereby causing her unreasonable pain and suffering. The injuries included “a bleeding laceration to the child’s lip, bruises to the child’s face, head and neck, swelling to the child’s eye, bruises and scratches to the child’s chest and pain to the child’s jaw.” It was further alleged mother endangered the children by allowing her male companion Roy to have “unlimited access to the children despite” a court order prohibiting such contact.