In re I.R. CA2/8

BACKGROUND

Father shares I.R. (born 2015), with mother, D.T. Mother is not a party to this appeal. Father has another daughter, D.R. (born 2003), with a different mother. D.R. was the subject of prior dependency proceedings. Those began in 2008, after father and D.R.’s mother were arrested for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. The juvenile court determined father used methamphetamine and had a history of drug abuse and arrests. It removed D.R. from father and ordered reunification services. Father failed to reunify with D.R. The court ordered legal guardianship for D.R. and appointed paternal grandmother her guardian. I.R. was also the subject of prior dependency proceedings. Those began in 2016, when I.R. was a newborn, based on mother’s history of alcohol abuse. Before I.R. was born, mother had crashed her car into a wall of a McDonald’s while drunk after leaving three of I.R.’s half siblings at the restaurant’s play area. There were no allegations against father. The juvenile court removed I.R. from mother and ordered her released to father with family maintenance services. The case terminated in 2017 with a family law order granting father sole legal and…