In re Jonathan H. CA2/3

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 2, 2015B257482California2,462 words

Opinion

Opinion

Aldrich, J.

INTRODUCTION

Monique A. appeals from the order of the juvenile court taking jurisdiction over her 15-year-old son, Jonathan. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300, subd. (b).)1 We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

1. family history This is the second appeal involving a dependency in this family. In the first dependency commenced in 2011, the juvenile court adjudicated then 12-year-old Jonathan a dependent because mother has mental and emotional problems and failed to take her prescribed medication, and because she was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon after driving onto a lawn to run a relative over with her car, intending to kill the victim. Mother then brandished a pair of scissors and a gun at the relative. Jonathan was present the time. The court issued an order in January 2012 permanently restraining mother from contacting Jonathan because mother had failed to undergo a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation (Evid. Code, § 730), failed to enroll in services, and was negatively influencing Jonathan during unmonitored telephone contact. The court granted Jonathan’s father John N., who was not living with mother, sole legal and physical custody of the child and terminated…

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