In re M.P. CA2/3

Filed 9/23/20 In re M.P. CA2/3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

In re M.P. et al., Persons Coming B302090 Under the Juvenile Court Law. Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES COUNTY Super. Ct. No. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN 19LJJP00694A, AND FAMILY SERVICES, 19LJJP00694B

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

Me.P.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Michael C. Kelley, Judge. Affirmed. Konrad S. Lee, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, Kristine P. Miles, Assistant County Counsel, and Peter Ferrera, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. _________________________

The juvenile court assumed jurisdiction over mother’s 13- and seven-year-old daughters upon a finding that mother’s recurring abuse of Oxycontin posed a substantial risk to the children’s physical health and safety. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300, subd. (b).)1 The court did not declare the children dependents. Instead, it ordered informal supervision and family maintenance services under section 360, subdivision (b). Mother contends the evidence is insufficient to support the jurisdictional finding. We disagree. While mother had made meaningful progress toward overcoming her addiction, the evidence showed she had relapsed in the past after making similar progress, and the possibility of another relapse posed a continuing risk of harm to her children that warranted informal supervision. We affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Consistent with our standard of review, we state the facts in the light most favorable to the juvenile court’s findings, resolving all conflicts and drawing all reasonable inferences to uphold the court’s order, if possible. (In re Christopher R. (2014) 225 Cal.App.4th 1210, 1216 (Christopher R.).) The children, 13-year-old M.P. and seven-year-old V.P., live with mother, their maternal aunt, and their maternal grandparents. Mother and father are divorced. Mother has primary custody of the children and father has visitation two days a week for a few hours and every other weekend. In July 2019, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) received a referral alleging M.P. had walked in on mother “ ‘free basing’ ” drugs in a bedroom that mother shared with her younger daughter, V.P.