In re J.A.
The court found that eight-year-old J.A. was a child described in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Welfare and Institutions Code section 300.[1] Respectively, these subdivisions speak of serious physical harm inflicted on the child by a parent and of a failure on the part of a parent to protect the child from physical harm. The court declared J.A. to be a dependent of the court but the court found no clear and convincing evidence that there was a substantial risk if J.A. were returned to his mother. Accordingly, the court placed J.A. with his mother and ordered unannounced visits by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), examinations of J.A. by DCFS and individual counseling for mother.
E.J., J.A.’s mother, appeals, claiming that the evidence does not support the jurisdictional finding. We conclude to the contrary and therefore affirm.
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