In re Joseph V.
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a petition alleging that siblings Joseph V., age 16, and Emily G., age 10, fell within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (b), (d) and (j). The petition alleged that the children’s father had sexually abused their half-sister and that such conduct placed the children at substantial risk of sexual abuse. The petition also alleged that the children’s mother, who lived in North Carolina, had failed to protect the children because she permitted them to reside with their father in California. At the jurisdictional hearing, DCFS recommended that the juvenile court sustain the allegations pertaining to father and dismiss the allegations pertaining to mother. The court, however, sustained the allegations against both parents, declared the children to be dependents of the court and ordered them removed from the parents’ residences.
Father, mother and Joseph each appeal the juvenile court’s jurisdictional and dispositional orders. We reverse the portion of the court’s orders pertaining to Joseph and affirm the portion of the orders pertaining to Emily.
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