In re Ariana R. CA1/2

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

On August 26, 2013, a supplemental wardship petition (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602) was filed charging appellant, then 17 years old, with using and being under the influence of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11550, subd. (a)) and with violating probation (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 777)1 by violating curfew, being truant, and consuming marijuana. Appellant had previously been declared a ward of the court on May 20, 2013, after admitting a charge of misdemeanor vandalism (Pen. Code, §§ 594, 17), and had been placed on probation in the home of her mother. On October 4, 2013, after a contested jurisdictional hearing, the court found the allegations of the supplemental petition true.2 At disposition, on November 4, the court continued appellant as a ward of the court and placed her on probation in her mother’s home. Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal on November 8, 2013.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Appellant’s mother reported to the probation department that appellant violated her curfew on August 17 and August 20. After positive results on presumptive drug tests performed by a probation officer, appellant signed forms indicating that she admitted using…