In re Isaiah T. CA2/3

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaSeptember 22, 2015B258941California1,640 words

Opinion

Opinion

Aldrich, J.

INTRODUCTION

Irma N., mother of Isaiah T., appeals from the jurisdiction and disposition orders of the juvenile court concerning the child. She challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support two of the five sustained counts. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300, subds. (b) & (d).)1 We dismiss the appeal for lack of justiciability.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

At the time the Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) detained Isaiah, mother’s other minor child, Jasmine T., was living with the children’s father, Francisco T., in Utah. The Department released Isaiah to father’s care.2 Mother has an extensive history with the Department, dating to 2003. She participated in voluntary family maintenance programs from 2010 to 2011, 2008, 2007, and 2003. In June 2014, the Department filed the petition at issue, alleging that mother and her boyfriend Uriel G. have a history of engaging in violent altercations (count b-1); mother engaged in a violent altercation with Isaiah’s adult sibling, Stephanie T. (count b-2); mother has a history of mental and emotional problems including a diagnosis of bipolar disorder with manic episodes (count b-3); and Isaiah’s mother…

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