In re J.G. CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

In re J.G., a Person Coming Under the B263165 Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. CK57125)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

M.F.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Tony L. Richardson, Judge. Affirmed. Julie E. Braden, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, Dawyn R. Harrison, Assitant County Counsel, and Kimberly Roura, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ******

Father M.F. appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdictional order assuming jurisdiction over his eight-year-old stepdaughter J.G. Because jurisdiction was appropriate based on mother’s conduct, we decline to consider the jurisdictional findings as to father. Those findings did not prejudice father at disposition; the juvenile court has terminated jurisdiction; and father showed no potential future consequences stemming from the jurisdictional findings against him. FACTS AND PROCEDURE On September 9, 2014, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a juvenile dependency petition. Mother’s adult son was a former dependent of the juvenile court because of mother’s substance abuse. Mother’s current male companion, M.F., was found to be J.G.’s presumed father and we refer to him as father. Mother and J.G. lived in father’s home. The petition as subsequently sustained alleged mother “has a ten year history of substance abuse and is a current abuser of alcohol which renders the mother incapable of providing regular care of the child. On 07/09/2014 [and] prior occasions in 2014 and 2013, the mother was under the influence of alcohol while the child was in the mother’s care and supervision. The child’s adult sibling . . . is a former dependent of the Juvenile Court due to the mother’s substance abuse. Prior Juvenile Court intervention has failed to resolve the family problems in that the mother continues to abuse alcohol. The mother’s substance abuse endangers the child’s physical health and safety and places the child at risk of physical and emotional harm and damage.” The petition further alleged mother “and the mother’s male companion, [father,] have a history of engaging in domestic violence. On prior occasions, the mother’s male companion pushed the mother in the child’s presence. On prior occasions, the mother and the mother’s male companion spit on one another. On numerous prior occasions, the mother’s male companion used demeaning and derogatory language when referring to the mother in the child’s presence. The mother . . . failed to protect the child in that the mother allowed the male companion to have unlimited access to the child. The child’s adult sibling . . . is a former dependent of the Juvenile Court due