In Re AC

Mary Elizabeth Handy, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Minor.

McDONALD, J.

Perla A. (Mother) and Jorge C. (Father), parents of A.C. and residents of Tijuana, Mexico, appeal the juvenile court's postdispositional order granting de facto parent status to Jon and Christine D. (the D's.), the foster parents of A., a juvenile court dependent. Mother contends California does not have subject matter jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (Fam.Code, § 3400 et seq.) (the Act). [1] She also contends the court erred by denying her request for a continuance, the dependency petition does not state a cause of action, and the jurisdictional findings and orders are unsupported by substantial evidence. Father contends he was not properly served under the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (Nov. 15, 1965, 20 U.S.T. 361, T.I.A.S. No. 6638). Both parents contend the court abused its discretion by granting the D.'s' de facto parent application and each parent joins in the other's arguments. We conclude California does not have subject matter jurisdiction of this dependency…