In re L.C. CA2/5

Filed 3/25/21 In re L.C. CA2/5 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 FIVE

In re L.C. et al., Persons Coming B307299 Under Juvenile Court Law. _________________________________ (Los Angeles County Super. LOS ANGELES COUNTY Ct. No. 19CCJP04432A-B) DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

K.C.,

Defendant and Appellant;

L.C. et al.,

Appellants.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Victor G. Viramontes, Judge. Affirmed. Anne E. Fragasso, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Marissa Coffey, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Minors. Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Sally Son, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ________________________

The juvenile court sustained a jurisdictional finding of neglect as to mother’s daughters, three-year-old L.C. and one- year-old -A.H. (pls see minute orders and briefs; you showed A.H. in the counsel listing), based on mother’s abuse of marijuana and history of substance abuse. Several months after asserting jurisdiction, the juvenile court released the children to mother’s care and ordered her to participate in several programs. Mother and the minors appeal from the jurisdictional and dispositional orders. They argue substantial evidence does not support the finding that mother’s substance use endangered the children. We affirm. FACTUAL AND LEGAL BACKGROUND Mother’s problems with controlled substances first came to the attention of the Nevada Child Protective Services Agency (CPS) in 2015. Mother met with CPS about allegations concerning mother’s neglect of her oldest child, her son. Mother told the social worker she used marijuana occasionally to cope with stress and was high “possibly on ‘marijuana’ ” while meeting with the social worker. Mother was asked to submit to a drug test but failed to appear for her appointment. The social worker concluded mother had substance abuse issues. Mother brought son to maternal great-grandmother Elizabeth L.’s home in California, and Elizabeth L. agreed to care for him temporarily. In 2016, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) initiated proceedings due to the parents’ failure to make an appropriate plan for son’s care.1 Mother failed to reunify with the child due to her non-compliance with court orders, and in 2018 the juvenile court terminated