Kern County Department of Human Services v. Wanda B.

Opinion

VARTABEDIAN, J.

Steve W., an infant, was ordered removed from the physical custody of his mother, Wanda B., essentially because of the slaying of his five-year-old half brother committed by Steve W.’s father, Thomas W. *13The mother appeals the dispositional order, claiming that substantial evidence does not support the court’s removal of the minor from her physical custody and the adjudication of dependency pursuant to new Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 300, subdivision (j) was improper. We conclude the new section was properly utilized; however, the removal here was not…