In re E.R. CA2/2

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Initial detention and section 300 petition On March 24, 2010, DCFS received a referral alleging that at approximately 1:30 a.m., Deputy Villagran found E., then age two, and Robert, then age eight months, alone and unattended. E. was wandering around her mother’s car, and Robert was in the back seat of the car alone. Mother was approximately 50 feet away. When the officer approached mother, she initially denied owning the car. However, she later admitted she owned the car and was the mother of the children. Mother had an outstanding no bail warrant for her arrest. Methamphetamine and a glass pipe were found on her person. Mother was arrested, and the children were taken into protective custody. DCFS placed the children with Robert’s paternal grandmother, Janet B.3 Mother informed the social worker that Robert’s father was Christopher K., who was homeless. Mother named Ivory G. as E.’s father, and advised that Ivory was

Mother initially appealed the orders terminating her parental rights as to E. and her two siblings, Robert (born July 2009) and Ciera (born June 2010). However, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)…