In re D.D. CA2/5

INTRODUCTION

I.N. (mother), the mother of minor D.D., appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdiction and disposition orders against her, arguing that those orders were not supported by sufficient evidence. The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) contends that the appeal from the jurisdictional findings against mother is moot as nonjusticiable because the court’s jurisdictional findings as to D.D.’s father (father) were a sufficient basis upon which to exercise the court’s jurisdiction over D.D., and because the juvenile court did not abuse its discretion in issuing the disposition orders. We decline to exercise our discretion to review the jurisdictional findings against mother because she has failed to establish an exception to the justiciability doctrine. We further hold that based on the evidence in the record, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in issuing the disposition orders. We therefore dismiss mother’s appeal from the jurisdictional findings and affirm the disposition orders.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

1 In a petition filed pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code sections 300, DCFS alleged in count a-1 that the six-day-old minor D.D.’s…