In re R.D. CA2/5

INTRODUCTION

C.L. (mother), the nonoffending parent of minor, R.D., appeals from the juvenile court‟s orders denying her request to terminate jurisdiction and requiring individual counseling for R.D. and conjoint counseling for R.D. and mother, if appropriate. According to mother, because she is a nonoffending parent, and because the offending parent, R.D.‟s father, M.D. (father), waived reunification services and any further contact with R.D., there was no factual basis to support the disposition order requiring counseling and, therefore, the juvenile court erred in denying her request to terminate jurisdiction. We hold that there was sufficient evidence in the record to support the juvenile court‟s orders denying mother‟s request to terminate jurisdiction and requiring R.D. and mother to attend counseling. Therefore, the juvenile court did not abuse its discretion in retaining jurisdiction and entering the disposition order requiring counseling.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This case came to the attention of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) based on a report that father had physically abused R.D. A children‟s social worker (CSW) interviewed mother…