In re A.B. CA2/5

I. INTRODUCTION

C.D. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdictional order as to her children A.B., C.Y., J.Y., Jr., and C.B., Jr.1 We affirm.

II. BACKGROUND

A. Petition

On August 9, 2024, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) filed a Welfare and Institutions Code section 300 petition with respect to then 14-year-old A.B., then nine-year-old C.Y., then six-year-old J.Y., Jr., and then 11-month-old C.B., Jr., that alleged the following counts: a-1, b-1, and j-1: “[M]other . . . and . . . mother’s male companion, [C.B., Sr.], father of [the] child [C.B., Jr.], have a history of engaging in violent altercations in the children’s home and in the presence of the child [C.B., Jr.] On 07/10/2024, [C.B.,

None of the fathers of the children in this case is a party to this appeal.

2 Sr.] struck . . . mother’s mouth with [his] fist, causing a bleeding laceration to . . . mother’s lip. [C.B., Sr.] struck . . . mother’s stomach with [his] fist and kicked . . . mother’s right leg. [M]other grabbed [C.B., Sr.’s] neck, choked [him], struck [his] head with [her] fist, and kicked [him]. On 07/10/2024, [C.B., Sr.] was…