In re T.W. CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

In re T.W., a Person Coming B300080 Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN Super. Ct. No. 19CCJP03513A) AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

D.W.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Daniel Zeke Zeidler, Judge. Affirmed. Mitchell Keiter, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, Acting County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Jacklyn K. Louie, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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Mother D.W. appeals the juvenile court’s jurisdictional order concerning her then eight-year-old son, T.W., arguing T.W. was in his father’s care at the time of the jurisdictional hearing, and therefore there was no current risk of harm. She does not otherwise challenge the sufficiency of the evidence supporting jurisdiction, or the custody order or order terminating jurisdiction. We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This family came to the attention of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) in May 2019, after mother called to report she could no longer care for T.W. Mother needed T.W. “placed somewhere permanently,” and planned to kill herself once he was placed. According to mother, “when she is dead, [T.W.’s] father will appear and take care of [him].” Mother was struggling to provide for T.W. and did not have enough money to feed him. They were living in her car. Mother was raped as a teenager and was suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. Law enforcement was dispatched to mother’s location, and mother was taken into custody to undergo a mental health evaluation. She no longer wanted to lose custody of T.W. She said she just wanted a housing voucher or some money. Mother identified R.E. as T.W.’s father, and said father had not seen T.W. in four years. During her evaluation by the LAPD Mental Health Unit, mother said she was willing to prostitute herself because she needed money. She was rambling, paranoid, and incoherent. She was placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold. Father lived in Washington and was eager to have T.W. placed with him. Mother had alienated father from T.W., and