In re Baby Boy A. CA1/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

A. Early Case History. This court set forth the initial factual and procedural background of these proceedings in its opinion denying the parents’ petitions for extraordinary writ review after the juvenile court terminated Father’s reunification services and scheduled a selection-and-implementation hearing. (Mark E. et al. v. Superior Court (Nov. 2, 2023, A168455) [nonpub. opn.]. (Mark E. I)) We briefly summarize them here. Both Mother and the minor (Mother’s ninth child) tested positive for amphetamine and THC when the minor was born in December 2021. That same month, respondent Contra Costa Children and Family Services Bureau (Bureau) filed a juvenile dependency (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300)1 petition alleging that both parents had serious substance-abuse problems that impaired their ability to care for the infant. The parents had been homeless until around the time the minor was born, when they secured a hotel room provided by a homeless-assistance organization. The minor was ordered detained. He was placed in a foster home in February 2022, where he remained throughout the proceedings below. His caregiver refers to him by a different name…