L.M.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The guardian is the maternal grandmother and legal guardian of K.A., now age 13. The juvenile court assumed

All undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

2 jurisdiction when the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a section 300 petition in October 2022, alleging the guardian endangered K.A. by transporting the child in a vehicle containing two methamphetamine pipes. The drug paraphernalia was located near K.A.’s legs and within the child’s access. K.A. was detained from the guardian’s custody at the initial hearing, where the court also ordered the former guardian and maternal aunt, K.R., to not be present at visits. K.A. was involved with juvenile dependency in 2018, resulting in the child being released to the guardian. In January 2023, the court sustained the petition against the guardian as pled, ordering her to submit to random drug testing, parenting, conjoint counseling with K.A., and individual counseling. At the six-month review hearing, the juvenile court found the guardian made no substantial progress towards alleviating or mitigating the causes that…