In re M.M. CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

In re M.M. et al., Persons Coming B312465 Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN Super. Ct. No. 19CCJP05858A–B) AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

O.K. et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Stephen C. Marpet, Juvenile Court Referee. Affirmed. Carolyn S. Hurley, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant O.K. William Hook, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant D.F.

Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Navid Nakhjavani, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ********** Mother O.K. and father D.F. appeal the juvenile court’s finding that the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) provided reasonable services to help them reunify with their children, now 16-year-old M.M. (who has a different father) and nine-year-old S.F. We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This family first came to the attention of the Department in September 2019, after father was arrested with a large quantity of drugs and a gun. S.F. was with father in his hotel room at the time of the arrest. Father did not cooperate with police, and mother had to come to the hotel to encourage father to leave the room. Father admitted to using drugs, and said he believed mother was the one who called police, as she was aware of what father had been doing. Mother was homeless. Mother and father had a history of domestic violence, although they were no longer in a relationship. Mother and father were unstable, the children were not enrolled in school, and paternal grandmother often cared for the children for extended periods of time. M.M. did not feel safe with father because of the domestic violence between him and mother. S.F. did not feel safe with parents, and preferred to stay with paternal grandmother. Mother admitted she knew father had a gun and was selling drugs. The two often argued about how to coparent the children. Nevertheless, she allowed him to have unsupervised contact with the children.