In re J.A.
Plaintiff and appellant, the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services (the Department), appeals after the juvenile court dismissed a dependency petition that the Department had filed on behalf of J.A., D.A. and A.S., the three minor children of defendant and respondent T.A. (mother). In October 2008, mother and her boyfriend were arrested on drug charges. Mother requested that the children be placed with her sister. The children were almost immediately placed with the maternal aunt as requested, and the court later dismissed the petition without assuming jurisdiction over them. The Department appeals, arguing that the court erred in dismissing the petition. Court reverse and remand with directions to reinstate the petition, and to make findings that the children are persons described by Welfare and Institutions Code section 300.
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