In re B.P. CA2/5

INTRODUCTION

D.O. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s disposition order removing new- born B.P.1 from her custody and the juvenile court’s visitation order. Mother admits that she used drugs in the past and while pregnant with B.P., but argues (1) the juvenile court erred in removing B.P. from her custody because the court’s inconsistent removal and visitation orders demonstrated that the court actually found that B.P. was not at substantial risk if B.P. were returned to her custody, and (2) substantial evidence does not support the court’s removal order. Mother also contends that we should order stricken certain language from the minute order for her visitation order. We order the contested language stricken from the minute order for mother’s visitation order, and affirm the juvenile court’s removal order.

BACKGROUND

In its August 19, 2013, Detention Report, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department or DCFS) stated that it received a report on August 12, 2013, that mother had given birth to B.P. The reporter stated that B.P. was born prematurely—she was not due until September—and was in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the…