In re Karim R. CA2/7

Filed 2/25/21 In re Karim R. CA2/7 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 SEVEN

In re KARIM R., a Person B307565 Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No 20CCJP01260A) LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

GABBY R.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Kristen Byrdsong, Juvenile Court Referee. Appeal dismissed.

Pamela Deavours, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rodriguo Castro-Silva, Acting County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Kimberly Roura, Senior Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. _______________________ After Edgar R.’s arrest for possession for sale of methamphetamine, the juvenile court removed his infant son, Karim R., from his custody and placed the child with his mother, Gabby R., under the supervision of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department). Gabby appeals the jurisdiction finding and disposition order. While the appeal was pending, the juvenile court terminated its jurisdiction and issued a juvenile custody order awarding sole physical and legal custody of Karim to Gabby with reasonable unmonitored and overnight visitation for Edgar. The Department requests we dismiss the appeal as moot. Gabby acknowledges the appeal is moot but urges us to decide the case as one raising an issue of broad public interest that is likely to recur. We decline Gabby’s invitation and dismiss the appeal. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 1. Edgar’s Arrest and the Initiation of Dependency Proceedings In early February 2020 Edgar was arrested with 30 pounds of methamphetamine in a black duffle bag in the trunk of the family car. A digital scale and a large amount of cash were found in the home Edgar and Gabby shared with the maternal grandparents and other maternal relatives. Although Gabby was with Edgar when they were stopped by law enforcement and Edgar was arrested, Gabby denied any prior knowledge of