In re Andrew W. CA2/7

INTRODUCTION

Tyler W., mother of now seven-year-old Andrew W., six- year-old Jonathon D.,1 and three-year-old Ethan W., appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdiction findings and disposition orders declaring her children dependents of the court under Welfare and Institutions Code section 3002 and removing them from her custody, and from orders awarding the children’s respective fathers sole custody and terminating jurisdiction. The custody orders and the orders terminating jurisdiction render Tyler’s appeal from the disposition orders moot. But because an error in the juvenile court’s jurisdiction findings could adversely affect Tyler’s custody rights, and because Tyler appealed from the custody orders and orders terminating jurisdiction, the appeal from the jurisdiction findings is not moot, although we conclude substantial evidence supported the court’s findings. Because Tyler makes no substantive argument the custody orders or orders terminating jurisdiction were erroneous, apart from her

According to Tyler, Jonathon’s name is misspelled throughout the record as “Johnathan.”

Statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

2 arguments regarding…