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INTRODUCTION

L.L. (mother), the mother of minor J.V. (the minor), appeals from the juvenile court‟s disposition orders removing custody of minor from mother and requiring monitored visitation with the minor to take place in a therapeutic setting. According to mother, there was insufficient evidence to warrant removal and the order requiring a therapeutic setting for visitation was an abuse of discretion. We hold that there was sufficient evidence to support the juvenile court‟s removal order and that the order requiring a therapeutic setting for visitation was not an abuse of discretion. We therefore affirm the disposition orders from which mother appeals.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On February 9, 2011, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 3001 alleging, inter alia, that father and mother had subjected the minor to emotional abuse due to an ongoing custody dispute between the two. That same day, the juvenile court found a prima facie case, detained the minor, and released him to mother. The juvenile court ordered no visitation for father, but gave DCFS the discretion to liberalize that order to…