In re G.G. CA4/2

INTRODUCTION

V.S. (mother) and G.G. (father) appeal from the jurisdictional findings and

dispositional orders declaring their five children dependents of the juvenile court

under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (b) and (j), and ordering

family maintenance services for the parents.1 While this appeal was pending, the

juvenile court terminated jurisdiction, allowing the children to remain in the parents’

custody. Because we cannot provide the parents any effective relief, we dismiss the

appeal as moot.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The subjects of this appeal are mother and father’s four daughters and one son (the

children), all of whom are between the ages of one and 10. On February 22, 2024, the

Riverside County Department of Public Social Services (the department) filed a petition

under section 300, subdivisions (b) and (j), alleging that the parents allowed the children

to be around the paternal grandfather, a registered sex offender who had recently been

accused of molesting the children’s half-sister, A.G., when A.G. was three years old.

During the course of its investigation, the department learned that the paternal

grandfather had been convicted…