In re Y.C. CA4/2

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND2

Mother and minor’s youngest sibling (A.F.) tested positive for amphetamines at

the latter’s birth in October 2021.3 The maternal grandmother informed the social worker

that she had been awarded temporary custody of minor and another sibling (H.C.,

collectively “minors”)4 in August 2021, because mother did not have stable housing.

H.C. reported he lived with father.5 Father reported using illicit substances in the

past, but said that he had been clean for three years. He said he had last seen his children

1 All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise indicated.

2 On our own motion, we incorporated the record in case No. E083388, from father’s notice of intent to file a petition for extraordinary writ, with the record in this case.

3 Mother, A.F., and A.F.’s father are not parties to the appeal.

4 H.C. is not a party to the appeal.

5 Father is the father of both H.C. and minor.

2 in February or March 2021. The department had received “numerous” previous referrals

with respect to mother alleging drug use and domestic violence.

On October 22, 2021, the department placed minors into…