In re D.W.
M.A. (Mother) appeals from the August 29, 2011 jurisdictional and dispositional orders of the juvenile court adjudging minor D.W. a dependent of the court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b) (failure to protect), arising out of Mother’s arrest in a high-speed car chase and subsequent incarceration.[1] The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a letter of non-opposition to the appeal, conceding that the court’s jurisdictional and dispositional orders “conflict with relevant case law.†Albert W. (Father) contends that substantial evidence supported the court’s jurisdictional and dispositional orders. We agree with Mother and DCFS that the court erred in asserting jurisdiction over D.W. on the basis that she is currently incarcerated and unable to care for D.W.
We reverse the jurisdictional and dispositional orders of the court.
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