In re Sergio C. CA2/2
The juvenile court asserted dependency jurisdiction over 13-year-old Sergio C. (Sergio) after he had repeatedly run away from home. Lupita R. (mother) argues that the juvenile court was wrong to do so because Sergio’s risky conduct stemmed from behavioral and psychological problems that were in no way exacerbated by anything mother or Sergio C., Sr. (father) did; without a finding mother and father were to blame, mother argues, the court’s assertion of dependency jurisdiction was unconstitutional. We conclude that substantial evidence supports the juvenile court’s finding that mother and father were partly to blame; this obviates any need to reach mother’s constitutional challenges. Accordingly, we affirm.
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