Juvenile court may not skip evidentiary hearing on jurisdiction or apply abstention rule merely because of ongoing custody fight in family court.
Cite as
2015 DJDAR 5070Published
May 7, 2015Filing Date
May 6, 2015In re NICHOLAS E. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,
Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
SUSAN E. et al.,
Defendants and Respondents.
No. B256182
(Los Angeles County
Super. Ct. No. DK02119)
California Courts of Appeal
Second Appellate District
Division Two
Filed May 7, 2015
ORDER MODIFYING OPINION
AND DENYING REHEARING
NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT
THE COURT:*
It is ordered that the opinion filed herein on April 30, 2015, be modified as follows:
1. On page 2, the last paragraph, line 5, the words ?legal and physical? are to be inserted between the words ?father? and ?custody? so that the sentence reads:
Citing In re A.G. (2013) 220 Cal.App.4th 675 (In re A.G.), mother argued that the divorce and child custody proceedings pending in family court had resulted in an order granting father legal and physical custody of Lauren, Sarah and Zachary, and that this family court order obviated any risk of physical or emotional harm posed by mother.
2. On page 3, line 3, the word ?physical? is to be inserted between the words ?had? and ?custody? so that the sentence reads:
Father joined in the motion except as to Nicholas (over whom mother still had physical custody), as did all the attorneys for the children.
3. On page 3, the first full paragraph, line 8, the word ?physical? is to be inserted between the words ?him? and ?custody? so that the sentence reads:
The court dismissed the petition ?with prejudice? as to Lauren, Sarah and Zachary, but ?without prejudice? as to Nicholas, (to enable father to obtain a family court order awarding him physical custody of Nicholas, to which mother agreed not to object).
There is no change in the judgment.
Appellant?s petition for rehearing is denied.
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION.
* ASHMANN-GERST, Acting P.J., CHAVEZ, J., HOFFSTADT, J.
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