In re A.A.
H.H. (Mother) and M.H. (Husband) appeal from 2008 detention, jurisdiction, disposition and other orders made by the juvenile court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code sections 300 and 361.[1] The orders resulted in A.A. (Son, age 8) and K.H. (Daughter, age 2) being detained in the family home with Husband and in Mother being ordered to undergo an Evidence Code section 730 psychological evaluation (730 evaluation). After the appeals were filed, Mother underwent the 730 evaluation, and in 2009 the juvenile court returned the children to her custody and terminated its jurisdiction. The issues raised in this appeal are effectively moot. However, because the courts findings of detriment and its detention and disposition orders were not made in accordance with the proper legal standards, to avoid possible collateral prejudice to Mother we reverse the challenged orders without a remand for further proceedings rather than simply dismiss the appeal.
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