In Re Angel L.

Father and mother appeal the juvenile court’s April 12, 2007 order terminating parental rights in the minor, their 14-year-old daughter Angel L., and assumption of jurisdiction in this proceeding some 12 years ago. Based on events following the termination of parental rights order, respondent Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services concedes the minor is not adoptable and accordingly does not object to the order being reversed. However, respondent contends (1) the portion of the appeal contesting the juvenile court’s subject matter jurisdiction should be dismissed for lack of an adequate record on appeal and (2) in any case, the juvenile court properly exercised emergency jurisdiction in this proceeding and continues to have jurisdiction over the minor. We reverse the order terminating parental rights and hold the juvenile court properly assumed, and it continues to properly maintain, jurisdiction over the minor.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The minor, then a little over two years of age, and her three siblings, ages six, four, and five months, were detained in February 1996, when father brought them to Los Angeles for a visit with their…