In re C.G. CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

In re C.G. et al., Persons Coming B321941 Under the Juvenile Court Law. ______________________________ Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES COUNTY Super. Ct. No. 22CCJP00739A, B DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

Karla A.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Jean M. Nelson, Judge. Affirmed in part and reversed in part. Suzanne M. Nicholson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Dawyn R. Harrison, Interim County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Stephen Watson, Senior Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________ The juvenile court asserted jurisdiction over Karla A.’s two sons under subdivisions (a), (b), and (j) of section 300. We affirm, except that we reverse one finding. Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. I Karla A. has two sons: C.G., born in 2012, and M.R., born in 2017. C.G.’s father is Christopher G. M.R.’s father is Martin R. In early January 2022, M.R.’s paternal grandparents called the police and said the mother left nonverbal, four-year-old M.R. on their doorstep at 8 p.m. without notifying them or ensuring they were home. Eventually the police reached Martin R., M.R.’s father, at work, and Martin R. later retrieved his son from his parents. The Department learned of the incident and interviewed the mother. She explained she had told Martin R. she would be dropping M.R. off at the paternal grandparents: she showed the social worker the text messages in which Martin R. wrote “okay” in response to her message. The mother said she knocked, and the paternal step-grandfather answered the door. She told him Martin R. knew she was dropping M.R. off, and the paternal step-grandfather took M.R. inside. The mother believed the paternal grandmother was making up lies to cause trouble because she does not like the mother. The paternal step- grandfather claimed M.R. was alone when he opened the door, but he had seen a car that looked like the mother’s driving around the corner. The paternal grandmother initially said she