In re C.S. CA1/2

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaOctober 28, 2013A139384California1,517 words

Opinion

Opinion

Richman, J.

BACKGROUND

The record, viewed in conformity with In re Zeth S. (2003) 31 Cal.4th 396, shows the following:

1 C.S. was the subject of a petition filed by Real Party in Interest Contra Costa County Children and Family Services Bureau (Bureau) in which petitioner was alleged to have “a serious and chronic substance abuse problem that impairs her ability to adequately care for and supervise the child,” which problem had already led to the dependency of another child. (The same allegations were made against the presumed father, who is not a party to this proceeding.) C.S. was less than a year old when she was removed from petitioner‟s custody and detained. She was placed in foster care with her siblings, who had already been adjudged dependent children. Two weeks later, at the jurisdictional hearing conducted on May 13, 2013, petitioner submitted on the petition. After taking judicial notice of the files of C.S.‟s siblings, the court sustained all allegations of the petition. The dispositional hearing was held on July 18 and 23, 2013, simultaneously with the 18-month review of the siblings‟ dependencies. The court received in evidence the disposition report prepared by the Bureau‟s…

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