In re A.E. CA2/3
The juvenile court adjudicated 10-year-old H.E. a dependent child under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (b) and (j), finding mother failed to make an appropriate plan for the child’s safety when she left her daughter in the physical custody of the child’s grandfather. The court reasoned that mother’s failure to establish a formal arrangement with grandfather regarding H.E.’s support was sufficient to assume jurisdiction over the child, even though it was undisputed that for years H.E. had been physically safe and well provided for in grandfather’s care. On appeal, mother contends the evidence was insufficient to show the arrangement placed H.E. at “substantial risk” of suffering “serious physical harm or illness” as required by section 300, subdivision (b)(1), or that H.E. was at risk of being “abused or neglected” as defined by section 300, subdivision (j). We agree with mother, and reverse.
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