G.N.

INTRODUCTION

We hold that under the doctrine of disentitlement, mother has forfeited her right to appeal from the juvenile court’s orders because she willfully left the jurisdiction with her children while the Welfare and Institutions Code section 300 1 petition was pending and, even though a warrant for her arrest had been recalled, her continued absence from the jurisdiction undermined and frustrated the juvenile court’s ability to implement the dependency law procedures intended to protect and benefit the interests of her children. We therefore dismiss the appeals.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On May 18, 2007, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a petition under section 300, subdivisions (b) and (d) alleging that the father of children A.M., E.M., and G.M. (father) had been sexually abusing C.G., the daughter of his longtime sexual companion, from the time C.G. was age nine through age 16. According to DCFS, father “repeatedly, forcibly rap[ed] [C.G.] . . . .” DCFS alleged that father “frequently fondled [C.G.’s] breasts, thighs, buttocks and vagina.” DCFS further *470 alleged that defendant and appellant G.N., the…