In re B.M. CA2/2

Filed 1/25/22 In re B.M. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 TWO

In re B.M. et al., B311615 Persons Coming Under the (Los Angeles County Juvenile Court Law. Super. Ct. No. 18CCJP06577C-D)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

SOPHIA M.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Mary E. Kelly, Judge. Dismissed.

Shep Zebberman for Defendant and Appellant.

Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Jessica S. Mitchell, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ______________________________

On February 23, 2021, the juvenile court sustained a Welfare and Institutions Code section 3001 petition regarding B.M. (born 2008) and L.M. (born 2010) (collectively minors) and granted the motion of defendant and appellant Sophia M. (Sophia) to terminate her probate legal guardianship of minors. On appeal, Sophia contends that (1) the court erred by successively continuing the hearing until that date and (2) she was provided ineffective assistance of counsel. Because we can provide no effective relief, we dismiss the appeal as moot. BACKGROUND I. Probate Legal Guardianship Minors’ mother died in 2015. Sophia, a maternal relative, was granted a probate legal guardianship of minors in 2017. II. Section 300 Dependency Petition On October 8, 2019, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) received a referral alleging that Sophia physically abused minors. Minors were detained in foster care on the same day.