In re J.N. CA4/2

── In re J.N. CA4/2 ── Court: California Court of Appeal Date: June 05, 2026 Category: General Filed 6/5/26 In re J.N. CA4/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115. IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO In re J.N. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, E086948 Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super.Ct.Nos. J277532 & J277533 & J277534 & J277535) v. OPINION M.E., Defendant and Appellant. APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Annemarie G. Pace, Judge. Dismissed. Cristina Gabrielidis, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Laura Feingold, County Counsel, Helena C. Rho, Deputy County Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent. 1  In this dependency case, M.E. (Mother), contends plaintiff and respondent San Bernardino County Children and Family Services (CFS), failed to adequately inquire into the possible Indian heritage of Mother’s children, Em.N.1 (a girl, born 12/2007), D.H.N. (a boy, born 1/2009), Ev.N. (a girl, born 8/2010), D.D.N. (a boy, born 10/2011), and J.N. (a boy, born 3/2015; collectively, the children). (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 224.2, subd. (a).) CFS asserts that Mother’s appeal should be dismissed because Mother failed to file a notice of appeal. We dismiss. FACTS Mother mailed a handwritten letter to the juvenile court. The envelope has two postmarks on it. One postmark is dated July 8, 2025. The other postmark is dated September 8, 2025. The juvenile court stamped the envelope as received on September 19, 2025. Mother’s letter has “Sunday” written in the top right corner, but no specific date. The letter reads, “To Whom It May Concern [¶] So I sit here writing another letter because I do not have legal representation and seeing as w[h]ere I am I cannot file any paper work [sic] or make copies to serv[e] anyone. I paid $5,000.00. And it was for nothing. [T]he attorney never reach[es] out to me and don’t answer his calls and didn’t show up or would be late to court. The attorney I hired before didn’t tell me he was only a criminal law lawyer but he to[o] took [$]8,000 from me. So that has been a problem. 1 Remittitur was issued November 25, 2025, on case No. J277536; Em.N. is not part of this appeal. 2  “Besides these proble[ms] once again I[’]m not surprised seeing as how our kids were taken without cause. I have two things I need to ask the courts. One who is the social worker the only one that actually investigated my case from day one? [¶] Two, why is it Ms. Beverfall is not letting us rec[om]mend any family or friends to foster the boys when it clearly states for us to find some one [sic] before a stranger does? [¶] Please some one [sic] look into these questions they are a big part of my case. [¶] I feel I am not getting a fair hearing and I will continue to appeal every thing [sic].” The juvenile court filed Mother’s letter and on September 22, 2025, sent out a clerk’s notification of the filing of a notice of appeal reflecting that the letter constituted a notice of appeal.