In re Steven G. CA2/2

Filed 11/30/23 In re Steven G. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 STEVEN G., a Person B323133 Coming Under the Juvenile (Los Angeles County Super. Court Law. Ct. No. 22CCJP01778A)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

LAURA G.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Tara Newman, Judge. Affirmed.

Gina Zaragoza, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Aileen Wong, Senior Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

****** The juvenile court asserted dependency jurisdiction over 11-year-old Steven G. and ordered him removed from his father. His mother sought to have Steven placed with her. Because substantial evidence supports the court’s finding that placing Steven with mother would cause him physical and emotional detriment, we affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND I. The Family Eliseo G. (father) and Laura G. (mother) married in December 2012, and initially lived in El Salvador. They had two children together—Steven (born May 2012) and Josue (born 2015). In 2016, father and Steven immigrated to the United States. In 2018, father met Dolores M., and they started dating. Thereafter, Dolores and her then-eight-year-old daughter Kenia moved in with father and Steven. Father and Dolores then had a child together—Victoria (born December 2021). Although not biologically related, Steven came to view Dolores as his mother and Kenia as his sister. Since Steven left El Salvador in 2016,