In re Isaiah T. CA2/3

Filed 9/22/15 In re Isaiah T. CA2/3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 ISAIAH T., a Person Coming Under B258941 the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES COUNTY Super. Ct. No. DK05756) DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

IRMA N.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Teresa Sullivan, Judge. Appeal dismissed. Karen B. Stalter, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Mark J. Saladino, County Counsel, Dawyn R. Harrison, Assistant County Counsel, and Jessica S. Mitchell, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. _________________________

INTRODUCTION Irma N., mother of Isaiah T., appeals from the jurisdiction and disposition orders of the juvenile court concerning the child. She challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support two of the five sustained counts. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300, subds. (b) & (d).)1 We dismiss the appeal for lack of justiciability. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND At the time the Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) detained Isaiah, mother’s other minor child, Jasmine T., was living with the children’s father, Francisco T., in Utah. The Department released Isaiah to father’s care.2 Mother has an extensive history with the Department, dating to 2003. She participated in voluntary family maintenance programs from 2010 to 2011, 2008, 2007, and 2003. In June 2014, the Department filed the petition at issue, alleging that mother and her boyfriend Uriel G. have a history of engaging in violent altercations (count b-1); mother engaged in a violent altercation with Isaiah’s adult sibling, Stephanie T. (count b-2); mother has a history of mental and emotional problems including a diagnosis of bipolar disorder with manic episodes (count b-3); and Isaiah’s mother allowed Isaiah to reside with Uriel G., who mother knew sexually abused Jasmine (counts b-4/d-1). (§ 300, subds. (b) & (d).) In its jurisdiction status review report, the Department recommended that the court sustain the petition, that Isaiah remain released to father, and that the juvenile court close the case with a family law order awarding mother monitored visitation. At the jurisdiction hearing, mother’s attorney requested that mother be given transportation assistance and provided with a domestic violence shelter as she was moving from house to house. Father’s attorney asked that father be given full legal custody if Isaiah would be visiting mother in shelters. The Department noted that it could