In re K.W. CA2/5
K.W. (Mother) appeals the juvenile court’s order terminating jurisdiction over her six-year-old son and awarding physical and legal custody of the child to his father, J.W. (Father)—with monitored visitation for Mother. The juvenile court assumed dependency jurisdiction over the minor, K.W., based on the court’s finding that Mother emotionally abused K.W. by making repeated, unsubstantiated allegations that Father sexually abused the child. Mother does not contest the aspect of the juvenile court’s order terminating dependency jurisdiction, but she charges the court should have awarded joint custody, or failing that, unmonitored visitation, given her bond with K.W. and her behavior during post-jurisdiction visits with him. We consider whether the juvenile court’s custody and visitation determinations were an abuse of the court’s discretion.
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