In re Roy J. CA2/2

BACKGROUND

This is mother’s second appeal in this dependency proceeding. Mother previously appealed from the juvenile court’s judgment declaring the three children dependents of the court, challenging one of the juvenile court’s three stated grounds for assertion of jurisdiction over the children. In an unpublished opinion we affirmed the judgment. (In re Roy J. (Aug. 29, 2018, B285949) [nonpub. opn].) The following portion of the factual and procedural background is taken from our prior opinion in this matter: The family The family consists of mother and her three children, who were ages six, four, and one at the time the petition was filed.

All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

2 Raydell J. is the father of Roy and Aaliyah. Darrell M. was found to be Prince’s presumed father.2 The three children were occasionally cared for by maternal grandmother, Blanca, and maternal stepgrandfather, Carlos. Blanca and Carlos have two teenage daughters, Joana and Kimberly. Family history A September 4, 1999 referral to the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) alleging that mother (then eight years old) was the victim…