In this dependency case, the juvenile court denied father’s motion to dismiss a petition alleging jurisdiction over the child on the ground that father did not have a custody order and, therefore, could not protect the child from the child’s mother. The court assumed jurisdiction and father appealed, asserting that the lack of a custody order is not a basis for jurisdiction.
This court is advised that on October 8, 2013, the juvenile court entered a judgment terminating jurisdiction and the wardship. For that reason, we conclude that the appeal is moot.
We note that this caséis different from State v. S.T.S.,
In S. T. S., we relied on an earlier case, State ex rel Juv. Dept. v. L. B.,
In this case, in contrast to S. T. S. and L. B., the basis for jurisdiction with respect to father under the original
Appeal dismissed as moot.
