In re D.V. CA2/8

DISCUSSION

Mother argues insufficient evidence supported the court’s May 2023 finding that the children were described by section 300, subdivision (b)(1). However, in June 2023, approximately six weeks after the court made the challenged finding, DCFS filed two subsequent dependency petitions, one pursuant to section 360, subdivision (c) which alleged the previous disposition had been ineffective in ameliorating the situation requiring child welfare services, and the other a subsequent petition pursuant to section 342 containing new jurisdictional allegations.2 In August 2023, the court sustained four allegations in the section 342 petition, sustained the section 360, subdivision (c) petition, and declared the children dependents of the juvenile court. Finding removal unnecessary to protect the children, the court ordered family maintenance services. Subsequently, by orders made in February and March 2024, the juvenile court terminated dependency jurisdiction over the children.

We grant County Counsel’s request to take judicial notice of the section 360, subdivision (c) petition, the section 342 supplemental petition as filed and as amended, and the juvenile court’s minute…