In re Jayden D. CA2/2

Filed 1/27/22 In re Jayden D. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 JAYDEN D., a Person B312338 Coming Under the Juvenile (Los Angeles County Super. Court Law. Ct. No. 21CCJP01335A)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

JOY B.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Brett Bianco, Judge. Affirmed.

John P. McCurley, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Navid Nakhjavani, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

****** Joy B. (mother) challenges the juvenile court’s assertion of dependency jurisdiction over her now three-year-old son, Jayden D. Because the court’s assertion of jurisdiction was supported by substantial evidence, we affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND I. Facts Jayden was born in October 2018 to mother and Brandon D. (father). Father has been incarcerated since Jayden was born. Most recently, father was charged with murder and with manufacturing a weapon while in custody. Father denies the murder charge, but admits that he made a makeshift knife. In 2020, mother started dating and, along with Jayden, started living with another man, H.H. H.H. was on felony probation in September 2017. In March 2021, a judge issued arrest warrants for mother and H.H., and a search warrant for mother’s house. In issuing these warrants, the judge found probable cause to believe that mother drove H.H. and three other members of the 62 Harvard