In re Jorge G.
Maria G. (Mother) and Jorge A. (Father) appeal from August 21, 2007 jurisdiction and dispositional orders declaring their teenage son Jorge G. to be a dependent of the juvenile court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (a) (physical abuse), (b) (failure to protect), and (g) (no provision for support) and removing him from parental custody.[1] We conclude that the juvenile court properly invoked temporary emergency subject matter jurisdiction under Family Code section 3424, subdivision (a). But because of improper service of notice, the jurisdiction and dispositional orders will be reversed and on remand the juvenile court will be directed to vacate the orders and to afford a reasonable time for proper service of the parents in Mexico under the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (Nov. 15, 1965, 20 U.S.T. 361, T.I.A.S. No. 6638) (hereinafter the Hague Service Convention).
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