In re B.D. CA2/5

INTRODUCTION

Minor, B.D., along with his mother, J.A. (mother), and his father, S.D. (father),1 appeal from the juvenile court’s jurisdiction and disposition orders. Relying, inter alia, on the decision in In re J.N. (2010) 181 Cal.App.4th 1010 (J.N.), appellants argue that there was insufficient evidence to support the juvenile court’s jurisdictional findings under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b)2 that mother and father posed a substantial risk of harm to B.D. based on their history of alcohol abuse and an incident during which mother drove under the influence, with B.D. in the car, and collided with a parked police car. Appellants further contend that because the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) failed to support the jurisdictional allegations with sufficient evidence, the disposition orders must be reversed. We hold that, under the facts of this case, the evidence was sufficient to support the true finding on the allegation in paragraph b-1 of the petition that mother’s conduct in driving while under the influence with B.D. in the car and colliding with a police car created a risk of harm to B.D. Because we affirm the jurisdiction…