Filed 10/28/14 In re Nathan H. CA2/5

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FIVE

In re NATHAN H., a Person Coming

Under the Juv enile Court Law. B255718

(Los Angeles County Super. Ct.

No. DK03215)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND

FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

NORA V.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from the orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Julie

Blackshaw, Judge. Dismissed

.

Valerie N. Lankford, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant

and Appellant.

Richard D. Weiss, Acting County Counsel, Dawyn R. Harris on, Assistant County

Counsel, Jeanette Cauble, Senior Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

______________________2

Nora V. (mother) appea ls from the dependency court’s April 4, 2014 jurisdictional

findings declaring Nathan H. a ward of the court under Welfare a nd Institutions Code

section 300, subdivisions (a) and (b). 1 Mother also appeals from the court’s dispositional

order requiring B.G. (stepfather) to live outside of the family home while participating in

drug rehabilitation

.

While the current appeal was pending, t he dependency court entered an October 1,

2014 order terminating jurisdiction and directing that custody orders should revert back

to the family law order in place before the dependency proceeding began. We provided

the p arties an opportunity to address whether we should take judicial notice of the court’s

October 1, 2014 order and find mother’s appeal moot. 2

“ ‘ An appeal becomes moot when, through no fault of the respondent, the

occurrence of an event renders it impossible for the appellate court to grant the appellant

effective relief. [Citation.] ’ ( In re Esperanza C. (2008) 165 Cal.App .4th 1042, 1054. ) ”

( In re Anna S. (2010) 180 Cal.App.4th 1489, 1498.) Mother’s appeal is moot because no

effective relief can be given on appeal. The dependency court has terminated

jurisdiction , and the disposition al order is no longer in effect. S tepfather may return to

liv ing in the home with mother and Nathan. Mother has not identified any prejudice the

jurisdiction al findings or the dispositional order may cause her in later dependency or

family law proceedings. Taking judicia l notice of the October 1, 2014 minute order

(Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d)) , we dismiss mother’s appeal.

1 All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code, unless

otherwise indicated.

2 The court sent a letter on October 6, 2014, inviting counsel to file letter briefs,

and counsel for the Department and for mother promptly filed letter briefs on October 8,

2014.3 DISPOSITION

The appeal of the April 4, 2014 jurisdictional findings and dispositional order is

dismissed as moot.

KRIEGLER, J.

We concur:

TURNER, P. J.

GOODMAN, J. *

* J udge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court

, assigned by the Chief Ju stice

pursuant to article VI, section 6 of the California Constitution.