In re Galilea M. CA2/7

Filed 7/12/23 In re Galilea M. CA2/7 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 SEVEN

In re GALILEA M., a Person B320333 Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 22CCJP00554B) LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

PATRICIA C.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Robin R. Kesler, Juvenile Court Referee. Affirmed.

Jacques Alexander Love, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Tarkian & Associates and Arezoo Pichvai for Plaintiff and Respondent. ___________________ Patricia C., the mother of now-15-year-old Galilea M., appeals the juvenile court’s March 30, 2022 disposition order removing Galilea from her custody after the court sustained a petition pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (a) (serious physical harm inflicted nonaccidentally), (b)(1) (failure to protect), (d) (sexual abuse) and (j) (abuse of sibling),1 based on its findings that William M., Galilea’s father, had sexually abused Galilea’s now-18-year-old half-sister, Ruby G., starting when Ruby was three years old; William physically abused Ruby, Galilea and their older sibling Rene C. when Rene was a child; William and Patricia had a history of engaging in violent altercations in the children’s presence; and Patricia failed to protect her children from the ongoing sexual and physical abuse. Without questioning the juvenile court’s jurisdiction findings or the evidentiary bases for them, Patricia contends reasonable means existed to protect Galilea without removing her from her mother’s custody. We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND With the dependency petition filed February 14, 2022 the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services submitted a lengthy detention report detailing 17-year-old Ruby’s accusations that Patricia’s boyfriend William (Galilea’s father) had sexually abused her over a lengthy period. In addition, Ruby