In re P.S. CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

In re P.S. et al., Persons Coming B305233 Under the Juvenile Court Law. ______________________________ (Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES COUNTY Super. Ct. No. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN 19CCJP07585A–C) AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

C.S. et al.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Kim L. Nguyen, Judge. Affirmed in part and dismissed in part. Marissa Coffey, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant C.S.

Janette Freeman Cochran, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant J.C. Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and David Michael Miller, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. _______________________ The juvenile court assumed jurisdiction over three sisters and removed the two older ones from parental custody. Substantial evidence showed the parents bruised these two with belts. After the parties filed their appellate papers, the juvenile court restored parental custody. One parent concedes her appeal is now moot. The other parent maintains he has been prejudiced by the juvenile court’s erroneous assumption of jurisdiction. Because the court’s finding of jurisdiction as to the older sisters was proper, we affirm in part. We also dismiss as moot the mother’s appeal and the remainder of the father’s appeal. Statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. I The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services filed a section 300 petition on behalf of the children in November 2019. The children were then eight, six, and newly born. We refer to the children as the eldest, the middle child, and the infant to protect their anonymity. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.401(a)(2).) The petition asserts jurisdiction under section 300, subdivisions (a), (b)(1), and (j). The petition alleges Mother and her male companion physically abused the two older girls many times by hitting them with belts. The girls suffered pain, suffering, swelling, and bruises. The petition also asserts Mother