L.C.
Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. L.C.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Bigelow, J.
L.C. (mother) appeals from juvenile court orders asserting jurisdiction over her son, John M., and removing him from her custody. Mother contends the dependency petition was facially insufficient, and substantial evidence did not support the jurisdictional or dispositional orders. We affirm.
*1120 FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
John M. came to the attention of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in December 2011, when mother was arrested for violating a restraining order. 1 Mother and John were at the maternal grandmother’s home, but the grandmother had a restraining order against mother. The maternal grandmother called the police because mother would not leave her house. When police officers arrived they found John alone and asleep in the back of mother’s SUV. Then-11-year-old John was naked or wearing only his underclothes. He was visibly dirty and disheveled. John is blind and has autism. His speech is limited. Police found mother hiding behind furniture elsewhere on the maternal grandmother’s property. After she was apprehended, mother told police there were no relatives who could take John. She refused to provide father’s…