In re J.T.
Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. Jasmine M.
Opinion
Opinion
Bigelow, J.
— Jasmine M. (mother) challenges a juvenile court order terminating jurisdiction over her son, J.T., and ordering regular visitation for J.T.’s paternal grandmother. Mother contends the visitation order impermissibly infringed on her fundamental parenting rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Mother also argues the trial court abused its discretion when it denied her petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 388, requesting that the court terminate or modify the order for J.T. to visit paternal grandmother. We affirm the trial court orders.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In light of the limited nature of mother’s appeal, we only briefly summarize the underlying facts of the dependency proceedings. In December 2009, the juvenile court asserted dependency jurisdiction over then one-year-old J.T. under section 300, subdivision (b). Mother was 16 years old at the time; she was also a dependent of the court. The court found mother left J.T. with his maternal grandmother without mating appropriate plans for his care, and mother’s whereabouts were unknown. In October 2010, the juvenile court sustained a supplemental petition…