In re B.I. CA2/1

Filed 5/27/16 In re B.I. CA2/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 ONE

In re B.I. et al., Persons Coming Under the B267440 Juvenile Court Law. ___________________________________ (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. DK10500) LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Petitioner and Respondent,

v.

M.A,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Thomas Grodin, Commissioner. Affirmed. Janette Freeman Cochran, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, R. Keith Davis, Acting Assistant County Counsel, and Sarah Vesecky, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. __________

M.A. (Mother) appeals1 from the juvenile court’s orders, arguing that the court erred when it found that venue was proper in Los Angeles County. We disagree and hold that, because the children “were found” in Los Angeles County venue was proper. FACTS AND PROCEEDING BELOW2 A. Initial Referral and Investigation On March 18, 2015, the family came to the attention of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) based on a hotline referral alleging general neglect of B.I. (a girl, age 11), Sh.I (a girl, age 6) and Su.I (a boy, age 4) by their parents, M.A. (Mother) and D.A. (Father). The referral claimed that the parents had a history of fleeing authorities, the children were physically and emotionally abused by the parents, and that there was no one to care for the children because the parents used methamphetamines daily. The petition also alleged that the parents engaged in domestic violence in the children’s presence. DCFS found that in February 2015, the children’s maternal grandmother and aunt, who both resided in Los Angeles, traveled to Oakland, where the parents and children resided, to bring Mother and children to Los Angeles in order for Mother to attend a drug treatment program while the children lived with their aunt nearby. About three weeks into the drug treatment program, Father came to Los Angeles to visit Mother, and she left the program. A few days later, the parents picked up the children from their aunt’s home. The eldest child called the aunt, crying and asking if the aunt could retrieve them. Although the aunt picked up the children, the maternal grandfather returned them to the