In re Travis C.

Mother appealed the juvenile court's order declaring her children dependents of the court under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b)(1). DCFS cross-appealed and moved to dismiss Mother's appeal as moot. The Court of Appeal denied DCFS's motion to dismiss, affirming the juvenile court's order sustaining the section 300 petition as amended, and dismissed DCFS's cross-appeal. The court rejected DCFS's argument that In re A.B., supra, 225 Cal.App.4th 1358, was applicable in this case. The court reasoned that if the juvenile court was without jurisdiction to rule on the section 300 petition, it was also without jurisdiction to consider the section 387 petition. In this case, substantial evidence supported the juvenile court's determination that the children were persons described by section 300, subdivision (b)(1), which brings a child within the juvenile court's jurisdiction when the child has suffered, or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer, serious physical harm or illness. View "In re Travis C." on Justia Law