In re Julian R. CA2/7

INTRODUCTION

Father Rodrigo R. appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdiction findings and disposition orders declaring his children Julian, Aiden, and Benjamin dependent children of the court, removing them from Rodrigo’s custody and placing them with their mother Jessica P. with monitored visits by Rodrigo. While this appeal was pending, the juvenile court terminated jurisdiction and released the children to Jessica, with custody orders granting sole legal and physical custody to Jessica with monitored in-person visits and unmonitored virtual visits to Rodrigo. Rodrigo did not appeal from those orders.1 Because we

“When terminating its jurisdiction over a child who has been declared a dependent child of the court, section 362.4 authorizes the juvenile court to issue a custody and visitation order (commonly referred to as an ‘exit order’) that will become part of the relevant family law file and remain in effect in the family law action ‘until modified or terminated by a subsequent order.’” (In re T.S. (2020) 52 Cal.App.5th 503, 513; see In re Ryan K. (2012) 207 Cal.App.4th 591, 594, fn. 5 [when terminating jurisdiction, juvenile court may “issue an order ‘determining the…