In re C.L. CA2/5
Office of the County Counsel, Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, R. Keith Davis, Assistant County Counsel, and Stephanie Jo Reagan, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
The juvenile court adjudicated then-four-year-old C.L. a dependent of the court and removed her from the custody of her mother K.S. (Mother) and father M.L. (Father). The court found (1) Mother’s marijuana use rendered her incapable of taking care of C.L.; (2) Mother engaged in sexual intercourse in front of C.L., which at least in part caused C.L. to engage in various sexualized behaviors; and (3) Father sexually abused C.L. Mother appeals from the jurisdiction and removal determinations even though she pled no contest to the marijuana allegation and Father does not challenge the determinations as to him. We are asked to decide (1) whether the juvenile court’s jurisdiction findings are justiciable notwithstanding the uncontested marijuana use finding against Mother (and the finding ag
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