In re D.C.

Filed 5/16/06  In re D.C. CA5

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

            APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Madera County.  Nancy  C. Staggs, Temporary Judge.^*

            Donna  B. Kaiser, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

            David  A. Prentice, County Counsel, and William  G. Smith, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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            Mandy  C. (mother) appeals from jurisdictional and dispositional orders made in July and August 2005 finding that her daughter D. was subject to juvenile court jurisdiction under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b)^[1] and removing her from mother's custody.^[2]  She also claims the trial court erred in overruling her objection to hearsay in the detention and jurisdiction reports.  We reject her claim of error and conclude the evidence was sufficient to support the jurisdictional and dispositional orders.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL HISTORY

            Two-year-old D. was placed in protective custody on July  5, 2005, and a dependency petition was filed two days later alleging, pursuant to section 300, subdivision (b), that there was a substantial risk she would suffer serious physical, emotional, and developmental harm as a result of her parents' inability to supervise or protect her.  The petition specifically alleged that D.'s mother and father engaged in domestic violence in the child's presence, contributing to an unstable, disruptive, and hostile home environment.  The petition further alleged that mother and father's marijuana and methamphetamine use impaired their ability to meet D.'s emotional, educational, developmental and physical needs.

            The detention report prepared in anticipation of the hearing stated that police officer Josiah Arnold requested the assistance of the Madera County Department of Social Services (Department) at the home on July  5.  Officer Arnold told the responding social worker that mother and father had a history of domestic violence and that police had responded to the scene â€