In re Pedro M.
















Filed 11/22/10 In re Pedro M. CA2/2




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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

In re PEDRO M. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.	B219919 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. CK73395)
LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. IRENE R., Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.
D. Zeke Zeidler, Judge. Affirmed.
Lori A. Fields, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Andrea Sheridan Ordin, County Counsel, James M. Owens, Assistant County Counsel, Jacklyn K. Louis, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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In this dependency appeal, Irene R. (mother) challenges the juvenile court's orders (1) continuing her son, Pedro M. (born September 2007), in suitable placement at a 12-month review hearing, and (2) sustaining the Welfare and Institutions Code section 300^[1] petition as to her other son, L.M. (born March 2009), and thereafter removing L. from mother's physical custody. We find substantial evidence supports the juvenile court's orders and affirm.
PROCEDURAL SUMMARY
In June of 2008, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a dependency petition on behalf of then nine-month-old Pedro due to domestic violence between mother and father.^[2] The amended petition (as subsequently sustained) alleged as follows: â€