In re J.H. CA2/8

Filed 10/29/15 In re J.H. CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 J.H., a Person Coming Under the B263807 Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. CK95805)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

A.H.,

Defendant and Appellant.

Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Stephen Marpet, Juvenile Court Referee. Affirmed.

Jesse McGowan, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Mary C. Wickham, Interim County Counsel, Dawyn R. Harrison, Assistant County Counsel, and Navid Nakhjavani, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ******

A.H. (mother) appeals from the March 24, 2015 orders of the juvenile court denying her petition pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 3881 and terminating parental rights. We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Mother’s 11-month-old daughter J.H. came to the attention of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) in September 2012. Mother had a history of substance abuse, including methamphetamine use since the age of 11. Mother was also allegedly the victim of physical and sexual abuse by her live-in boyfriend. The Department filed a petition pursuant to section 300, subdivision (b) alleging mother’s history of substance abuse and failure to protect and care for J.H. J.H. was detained with maternal grandmother. Before the jurisdiction and disposition hearing in March 2013, the Department reported it had been unable to obtain ASFA2 approval for maternal grandmother’s home. Maternal grandmother’s current spouse had a September 2007 conviction for spousal battery and driving under the influence from a prior marriage, and had apparently not completed a domestic violence program or substance abuse program. At the hearing, the juvenile court sustained the petition, and over the Department’s objection, ordered that J.H. remain placed in maternal grandmother’s home (maternal stepgrandfather was ordered to not live in the home). The court ordered the Department to continue to investigate and work with maternal grandmother to get “AFSA cleared,” and to consider other possible family relatives as caregivers. The court also ordered reunification services for mother and monitored visitation.