In re C.M. CA2/3

Filed 2/26/16 In re C.M. CA2/3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 C.M., a Person Coming Under B264826 the Juvenile Court Law. _____________________________________ (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. DK10932) LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

C.B.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Philip Soto, Judge. Affirmed. Daniel G. Rooney, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, Dawyn R. Harrison, Assistant County Counsel, and Tyson Nelson, Deputy County Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent. _________________________

Six-month-old C.M. was detained and placed in foster care following the arrests of C.B. (mother) and Nathan M. (father). Mother challenges the juvenile court’s May 6, 2015 dispositional order removing C.M. from her physical custody.1 We find no abuse of discretion, and thus we affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND I. Detention C.M., born in October 2014, is the child of mother and father. C.M. was detained on April 18, 2015, after mother and father were arrested for robbery and child endangerment. The detention report stated that father entered a liquor store on April 18 and placed two beer cans in his pocket. When store management approached him, he became verbally aggressive and walked out of the store to a car where mother and C.M. were waiting. Store employees followed father and hit the car with baseball bats. Mother and father then went back into the store, leaving six-month-old C.M. alone in the car. Mother threw some items from store shelves onto the floor, and then mother and father returned to the car and drove away. Police officers pursued the car and arrested mother and father. Following the arrest, officers found marijuana inside mother’s car. Subsequent to her arrest, mother told a children’s social worker (CSW) that she and father were no longer romantically involved, but that she had been facilitating contact between father and C.M. She said father had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, was homeless, and was verbally abusive to her. She said she had been driving father to a subway station when he asked her to stop at the liquor store, and she had not known he intended to shoplift. She admitted leaving C.M. alone in the car, stating, “ ‘I’m so sorry