In re Lincoln M. CA2/2

FACTS

In 2002, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) petitioned on behalf of Mother‟s daughters Valerie and C. The juvenile court found that Mother physically abused Valerie by striking her with a belt; Mother failed to protect the children by leaving them with their physically abusive grandmother; Mother made inappropriate plans for the children‟s care and supervision by leaving them with their abusive grandmother or a family friend, and allowing strangers to walk them home from school; Mother has a history of substance abuse that includes heroin, alcohol, methamphetamine (meth), and marijuana, and currently abuses drugs, rendering her incapable of providing regular child care; Mother created a detrimental and endangering home environment for the children by abusing drugs in their presence and having drugs and paraphernalia within access of the children; Mother endangered the children by driving them while under the influence of drugs; and Mother left the children without making plans for their return home or providing them with the necessities of life. The court terminated reunification services in July 2003. C. was adopted in 2005, and Valerie was permanently…