In re Cameron C. CA2/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Detention from Father Father and Jennie P. (Mother)2 are the parents of Cameron (born 2003). Father and Mother were not legally married and lived apart. Father had been Cameron’s primary caretaker for three years. Mother visited Cameron two to three times per week. On July 17, 2012, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Downey Police Department’s Narcotics Unit executed an arrest warrant for Father who was suspected to be involved in the distribution of methamphetamines. Inside the home, law enforcement officers found “a Ruger P345D gun, a small vial of marijuana, a baggie [of] suspected methamphetamine, a scale, and about $1,000 of illegal fireworks.” Law enforcement officials requested assistance of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the Department), Multi-Agency Response Team to assess Cameron’s safety and well-being. The case social worker (CSW) was informed by law enforcement officials that Father “had been storing and distributing methamphetamine in his home” and that arrest warrants were being executed simultaneously for two other individuals reported to be “involved in criminal activity” with…