In re K.M. CA1/1

I. BACKGROUND

A. Detention Through Six-Month Review In September 2022, the San Francisco Human Services Agency (Agency) received a referral from a mandated reporter stating that then one- year-old K.M. had been brought to an emergency room after displaying symptoms of drug ingestion. After a positive toxicology report revealed that K.M. had cocaine in her system, the Agency filed a section 300 petition alleging that K.M. was at risk of serious physical harm because Mother failed to adequately protect her, and that K.M.’s father, who lived separately from Mother, was unable to protect K.M. from Mother’s neglect. The juvenile court declared K.M. a dependent, removed her from her parents’ care, and placed her with a relative. Mother was to receive supervised visitation. In its jurisdiction/dispositional report and an addendum report filed in February 2023, the Agency sought a continuance of the jurisdiction and disposition hearing. The addendum report explained that while Mother was ruled out as the source of the drugs ingested by K.M., she could not explain how K.M. obtained the drugs, and the Agency needed time to inspect Mother’s residence and identify safe adults to care for…