In re Edgar F. CA2/6

Facts & Procedural History On May 19, 2013, Ventura County Human Services Agency (HSA) detained Edgar F. (age 10), Jamie F. (age 8), and Elizabeth F. (age 3) after drug paraphernalia and a bullet were found in the motel room where the children and mother were living. Mother was arrested for child abuse, being under the influence of a controlled substance, and possession of narcotics paraphernalia. HSA filed a petition for failure to protect (§ 300, subd. (b)) and no provision for support (§ 300, subd. (g)). It was alleged that the whereabouts of the children's father was unknown and that the father had a lengthy criminal history with arrests for murder, robbery, substance abuse, car theft, possession of a firearm, vandalism, and battery on a police officer. The detention report stated that mother had an extensive history of substance abuse and that a prior dependency action was filed in 2002 after the oldest child, Edgar, tested positive for marijuana at birth. Mother was offered family maintenance services but continued to abuse methamphetamine and marijuana. In 2005, mother was arrested for drug use, completed a drug court program, and resumed using methamphetamine after…