In re Jessica A. CA1/5

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A juvenile wardship petition alleged that Jessica was under the influence of a controlled substance to the extent she was unable to care for her safety (Pen. Code, § 647, subd. (f)), willfully and unlawfully resisted arrest (Pen. Code, § 148, subd. (a)(1)), and unlawfully possessed an intoxicating beverage in public (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 25662, subd. (a)).

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

1 After a contested jurisdictional hearing, the juvenile court sustained count two (resisting arrest) and count three (possessing intoxicating beverage). Count one was dismissed. At the disposition hearing, Jessica was declared a ward of the court and ordered to participate in the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program. As a transition, the court decided to place Jessica in community detention before she entered the ACT program; for those purposes, the court found that Jessica’s continued presence in her mother’s home would be contrary to her welfare and ordered that Jessica’s care, custody, and control would be under the supervision of the probation department. The court did not state a maximum period for her…