C.C.
Orange County Social Services Agency v. C.C.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Fybel, J.
I.
Introduction
C.C. (Mother) and R.J. (Father) are the unmarried and estranged parents of A.J., who was born in June 2000. Mother appeals from the jurisdictional/ *1097 dispositional order finding jurisdiction over A.J. under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (b), (c), and (g); 1 terminating dependency proceedings; and granting Father sole physical custody of A.J. Mother contends substantial evidence did not support the juvenile court’s jurisdictional findings. We conclude substantial evidence supported the jurisdictional findings under section 300, subdivision (c) (section 300(c)) that A.J. is suffering or is at substantial risk of suffering serious emotional damage. We therefore affirm.
II.
Facts and Proceedings in the Juvenile Court
A. Mother’s False Child Abuse and Abduction Reports.
A.J. is the only child of Mother and Father, who never married. In July 2007, after Mother and Father parted ways, the family law court ordered Mother and Father to share legal and physical custody of A.J. She lived primarily with Father.
In July 2010, a child abuse referral was made alleging Father tried to push Mother out of a moving car while AJ. was in…