In re J.M. CA

Filed 1/29/16 In re J.M. CA NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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.M., a Person Coming Under the B266122 Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES COUNTY Super. Ct. No. DK07042) DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

M.R.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Marilyn K. Martinez, Juvenile Court Referee. Dismissed. Christopher Blake, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, Dawyn R. Harrison, Assistant County Counsel, and Navid Nakhjavani, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

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M.R. (mother) appeals from the order of May 14, 2015 declaring her toddler, J.M., a dependent of the court but raises no argument concerning the disposition orders placing J.M. with mother with family maintenance services. We conclude the appeal has been rendered moot by the juvenile court’s order of October 28, 2015, terminating jurisdiction and awarding full custody of J.M. to mother, and therefore dismiss the appeal. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On May 14, 2015, the court sustained allegations that mother “has a history of engaging in violent altercations with the child’s maternal grandfather, [G.P.], in the child’s presence. On 11/23/2014, the mother scratched the maternal grandfather’s hands, inflicting bleeding lacerations to the maternal grandfather’s hands. The mother struck the maternal grandfather’s arms, with the mother’s hands and fists. The mother pulled the maternal grandfather’s adult diaper off and grabbed the maternal grandfather’s penis, in the child’s presence. On prior occasions, the mother engaged in physical altercations with the maternal grandfather, in the child’s presence.” Mother does not claim there is not substantial evidence to support these findings. Indeed, there are detailed reports reciting the facts supporting the jurisdiction findings. Mother and J.M. left father, A.M., in Texas and moved to California in April 2014. Mother reported an extensive history of domestic violence with A.M. Upon arriving in California, mother and J.M. moved into the home of maternal grandfather, who was then about 80 years old. Mother finally left his home in October 2014, when there was an open dependency case arising from reports of domestic violence between mother and maternal grandfather. Police helped mother and J.M. enter a shelter but they left the shelter shortly thereafter. J.M. was detained in foster care, but the initial dependency petition was dismissed after mother moved in with maternal grandmother. After the first petition was dismissed, however, mother and J.M. moved back in with maternal grandfather. Police responded to the 911 call of maternal grandfather and arrested mother for elder abuse in late November 2014, based on the sustained allegations of the amended petition described above.