In re Isabella F.

Appellant Y.M. (mother) challenges the juvenile court’s order declaring jurisdiction over her daughter, Isabella F., finding that Isabella suffered serious physical harm and faced a substantial risk of further harm, and adjudging Isabella a dependent minor. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300, subds. (a), (b).) Mother contends that the record lacks substantial evidence supporting the court’s jurisdictional findings. We agree and therefore reverse.

I.

Factual and Procedural Background

Isabella was bom in May 2003 and has two older siblings, one of whom currently lives in the home with Isabella and mother and is not a subject of these proceedings. Isabella’s father, David F. (father), does not live in the home, is apparently uninvolved in Isabella’s life, and likewise is not a party to this appeal.

The current proceedings were initiated after an altercation between mother and Isabella on the morning of February 27, 2013. Isabella had argued with her older brother about money he had given her to buy hot chocolate at school. Though the record contains different accounts of the altercation, it is clear that mother became physical with Isabella after Isabella resisted getting ready…