In re K.R. CA4/3
M.B. (Mother) and J.R. (Father) appeal from the juvenile court’s jurisdictional and dispositional findings regarding their now seven-year-old daughter K.R. In her appeal, Mother contends that after she was arrested in California, K.R. should have been immediately sent to her paternal grandparents’ home in Arizona, where the child had resided since her birth. (Paternal grandparents do not have legal custody of K.R. and are not parties in this appeal.) In addition, Mother challenges the court’s denial of her motion to dismiss, disputing the court’s decision to exercise emergency jurisdiction to consider the dependency petition pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA). Father’s appeal attacks the court’s jurisdictional finding as to him on the grounds of insufficiency of the evidence. Specifically, he maintains there was no evidence his use of drugs and addiction caused K.R. to be at substantial risk of serious physical harm or illne
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