In re T.F.
Michelle F., a resident of New Mexico, appeals a judgment declaring her minor son, T.F., a dependent of the juvenile court and removing T.F. from her custody. Michelle contends: (1) the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) (Fam. Code, 3400 et seq.);[1](2) the court should have declined to exercise jurisdiction as an inconvenient forum under section 3427 because New Mexico was a more convenient forum; (3) the evidence was insufficient to support the court's dispositional order removing T.F. from Michelle's custody; and (4) the court's placement and visitation orders were not sufficiently tailored to address the issues that gave rise to the dependency.
Court conclude the court properly exercised its emergency and continuing jurisdiction under the UCCJEA and properly declined to transfer jurisdiction to New Mexico; substantial evidence supports the court's dispositional order; Michelle forfeited her right to challenge the court's placement and visitation orders; and in any event, those orders were proper under the circumstances. Accordingly, Court affirm the judgment.
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