Opinion
B296178
09-20-2019
In re J.C. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. R.C., Defendant and Appellant.
Elizabeth Klippi, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, Kristine P. Miles, Assistant County Counsel, Veronica Randazzo, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. DK23628B-C) Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Nancy A. Ramirez, Judge. Dismissed. Elizabeth Klippi, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, Kristine P. Miles, Assistant County Counsel, Veronica Randazzo, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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R.C. (father) appeals from a January 10, 2019 dispositional order requiring him to submit to family maintenance services. While father's appeal was pending, the juvenile court terminated jurisdiction on July 10, 2019, awarding father sole legal and physical custody of minors, Jimmy C. and Joshua C. The juvenile custody order was entered the same day.
On July 11, 2019, we provided the parties an opportunity to address whether we should find father's current appeal moot. In his letter brief, father represented that he did not intend to advance any arguments opposing this court's course of action set forth in our July 11, 2019 letter. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services did not file a letter brief in response.
"'An appeal becomes moot when, through no fault of the respondent, the occurrence of an event renders it impossible for the appellate court to grant the appellant effective relief. [Citations.]' (In re Esperanza C. (2008) 165 Cal.App.4th 1042, 1054.)" (In re Anna S. (2010) 180 Cal.App.4th 1489, 1498.)
Father's appeal is moot because the juvenile court has terminated jurisdiction, and therefore no effective relief can be given on appeal. Taking judicial notice of the minute orders entered on July 10, 2019, (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d)), we dismiss father's appeal as moot.
DISPOSITION
The appeal is dismissed.
MOOR, J.
We concur:
BAKER, Acting P. J.
KIM, J.