In re V.R. CA2/3

INTRODUCTION

S.C. (mother) appeals from an order terminating dependency jurisdiction over her daughter V.R. (the minor) and awarding sole legal and physical custody to the minor’s father, R.R. (father). (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 362.4.)1 Mother claims the court abused its discretion in awarding father sole legal custody of the minor. We disagree and affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

1. Petitions Concerning the Minor’s Half Siblings In 2008, a court sustained a petition under section 300 alleging that mother had a history of engaging in violent altercations in one of the minor’s half sibling’s presence, placing her and mother’s other child at risk of physical and emotional harm. The two children were placed in the home of the maternal grandparents. Mother was permitted to live in the same home and the children remained under the supervision of the Department of Children and Family Services (Department). In January 2010, the Department filed another petition on behalf of mother’s two children, alleging that mother had a

1 All undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and

Institutions Code.

2 history of illicit drug abuse including methamphetamine, was a…