In re E.R. CA2/1

Filed 4/26/21 In re E.R. CA2/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 ONE

In re E.R. et al., Persons B307491 Coming Under the Juvenile (Los Angeles County Court Law. Super. Ct. No. 20CCJP02133)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

RONNIE R.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Craig S. Barnes, Judge. Appeal dismissed. Suzanne Davidson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, Aileen Wong, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. _______________________________ 1 In this dependency case (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300), Ronnie R. (Father) challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the jurisdictional finding against him—that is marijuana abuse placed his four-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter at risk of serious physical harm, damage, danger, and failure to protect. We conclude Father’s challenge to the jurisdictional finding against him is not justiciable because, even if we were to reverse the finding, jurisdiction over Father’s children would continue based on the unchallenged jurisdictional findings against L.V., 2 the children’s mother (Mother), and there is no effectual relief we can order for Father, as explained below. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal. BACKGROUND Prior to these dependency proceedings, Father and Mother shared joint legal custody of their children, four-year-old R.R. and seven-year-old E.R., under a 2017 family law order. The order also provided primary physical custody to Mother, with visitation for Father every other weekend and every other Wednesday. At the time of the current referral in this matter, in March 2020, Mother, E.R., and R.R. lived with Mother’s boyfriend V.V.