In re K.N. CA2/2

INTRODUCTION

K.B. (mother) appeals from jurisdictional findings and dispositional orders after the juvenile court asserted jurisdiction pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 300, subdivision (b)(1) over her then 14-year-old daughter, K.N. (born September 2008) and removed her from mother’s care. Mother contends the juvenile court erred when it found she was unable to curtail K.N.’s increasing acts of misbehavior, including running away from home and criminal activity that placed the teen at substantial risk of serious physical harm. Mother does not challenge the court’s dispositional orders on independent grounds. Rather, she asserts only that because there is insufficient evidence to support the jurisdictional findings, the dispositional orders also fail. We conclude otherwise and affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. The Family’s Prior History of Referrals The family has a lengthy history with respondent Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). In 2011, DCFS investigated a referral alleging emotional abuse of K.N. (who was aged 3 at the time) after mother was arrested for a domestic violence incident involving the father of…