In re Cesar C. CA2/2

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

In re CESAR C., a Person B311997 Coming Under the Juvenile (Los Angeles County Court Law. Super. Ct. No. 20CCJP02675C)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

CESAR C.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Hernan D. Vera, Judge. Dismissed. Emery El Habiby, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Tracey Dodds, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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Appellant Cesar C. (father) appeals from the order establishing dependency jurisdiction over his son Cesar (born 2019) based on domestic violence between father and Cesar’s mother, Christyana C. (mother).1 The juvenile court found that the parents had a history of engaging in violent physical altercations in the child’s presence; that on one occasion in March 2020 father physically restrained mother and kicked her, inflicting a bruise on her shin; and that father’s violent conduct and mother’s failure to protect Cesar placed him at risk of serious physical harm. While this appeal was pending, the juvenile court terminated jurisdiction and awarded father and mother joint legal and physical custody of Cesar. We dismiss the appeal as moot. “‘An appeal becomes moot when, through no fault of the respondent, the occurrence of an event renders it impossible for the appellate court to grant the appellant effective relief. [Citations.]’ (In re Esperanza C. (2008) 165 Cal.App.4th 1042, 1054.)” (In re Anna S. (2010) 180 Cal.App.4th 1489, 1498.) “As a general rule, an order terminating juvenile court jurisdiction renders an appeal from a previous order in the dependency proceedings moot.” (In re C.C. (2009) 172 Cal.App.4th 1481,