In re Jeremiah R. CA2/8

Filed 4/28/16 In re Jeremiah R. CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 JEREMIAH R., a Person Coming B266452 Under the Juvenile Court Law.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND Super. Ct. No. DK11485) FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

L.R.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Debra Losnick, Commissioner. Dismissed.

Merrill Lee Toole, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Appellant.

Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, R. Keith Davis, Assistant County Counsel, and Tracey F. Dodds, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent. _______________________________

The juvenile dependency court adjudged a minor to be a dependent of the court. Appellant L.R. (hereafter Mother) contends the court’s jurisdiction orders are not supported by substantial evidence. We dismiss Mother’s appeal because it is moot. FACTS Mother and Angel E. (Father) are the parents of Jeremiah R., born in September 2010. Father, whose whereabouts are unknown, is not involved in the current appeal. At all relevant times, Mother and Jeremiah lived in an apartment with maternal grandmother, and other relatives, including Mother’s sister. In March 2015, a “mandated reporter”1 contacted the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to express concerns about “general neglect” involving Mother and then four-year-old Jeremiah. According to the mandated reporter, Jeremiah had stated that Mother yelled at him and used “bad words.” Further, the mandated reporter had asked the maternal grandmother whether Mother “was an alcoholic,” and maternal grandmother answered that Mother “drinks sometimes.” Over a course of several days in March, April and May 2015, after receiving the report noted above, a DCFS social worker talked to Mother, Jeremiah and the maternal grandmother. Mother denied yelling at Jeremiah, but admitted to using inappropriate language in his presence. Jeremiah reported that Mother hit him on the hand when he misbehaved, and it hurt. The social worker talked to Mother about participating in a parent-child interactive therapy program, but Mother said that she did not want any services that would require her to leave her home. The social worker also advised Mother that Jeremiah was eligible to enroll in a transitional kindergarten program, to which Mother said that she would “look into” the subject. The social worker also referred Mother to Partnership for Families (PFF) services. Jeremiah was not current in his immunization shots, and the social worker reminded Mother to make sure that