In re S.M. CA3

Filed 5/13/22 In re S.M. CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (San Joaquin) ----

In re S.M., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court C093716 Law.

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES (Super. Ct. No. STK-JD-DP- AGENCY, 2020-0000296)

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

T.M.,

Defendant and Appellant.

T.M., mother of the minor (mother), appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdictional and dispositional orders. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 300, 395.)1 She asserts the juvenile court (1) lacked subject matter jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), and (2) erred in delegating visitation and in

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

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making a finding of reasonable services. We need not address mother’s second contention because the juvenile court did not properly comply with the UCCJEA. We will reverse the juvenile court’s jurisdictional and dispositional orders and remand for further proceedings. BACKGROUND The 14-year-old minor came to the attention of the San Joaquin County Human Services Agency (Agency) in August 2020 when mother, having methamphetamine in her possession, drove with the minor from Utah to California to meet up with mother’s former boyfriend, B. Mother and B. met at a motel and used the methamphetamine while requiring the minor to sleep in the car all night. Mother reportedly had been using methamphetamine for the past four to five months. Later, mother and B. got into an argument while driving in a car in which the minor was a passenger. Mother tried to jump out of the moving car, attempted to strangle the minor, and then attempted suicide by ingesting pills. B. contacted law enforcement and mother was transported to the hospital where she remained for several days. The minor reported that it was mother’s second overdose in four months. According to the minor, mother had been using drugs for a long time and would become argumentative, making the minor feel very unsafe and uncomfortable while in mother’s care. The minor stated she did not want to drive back to Utah with mother and was scared for her life because mother was unstable and not safe to be around. The minor informed the social worker that she and mother lived in Utah but had been without housing for more than three months. The minor traveled with mother to California to visit mother’s boyfriend, and she slept in the car alone for two nights during the visit. She and mother also slept in a Walmart parking lot for two nights because mother did not have money for a motel. The minor was afraid to go with mother once mother was released from the hospital. The minor was staying with B., but mother advised the minor she might have to go live with her father, M., who lived in