Petition to remove the children; Mootness

The court dismissed the appeal as moot. Following a preliminary hearing, the trial court authorized a petition to remove the children from respondent-mother’s care and placed them with the father, who resides in Texas. Respondent appealed. During the pendency of the “appeal, the trial court terminated its jurisdiction and dismissed the petition because the children were placed with their father in Texas.” The court held that because “the court no longer has any jurisdiction to exercise, it may not enter any additional orders.” Even if the court “were to reverse the order authorizing the petition and removing the children, the trial court has no jurisdiction to grant respondent’s request to order the children placed with her.”