In re A.R. CA4/3

FACTS

Prior Dependency Case In 2005, the mother had a dependency case involving another child, Felicity. When she was two years old, she was detained due to her parents’ arrests3 for possession of methamphetamine. The mother admitted she had used methamphetamine for “several years.” They successfully reunified in 2007. By 2012, Felicity lived with

1While the father joins the mother’s brief, he argues no other issues. We include facts concerning the father only as relevant.

Subsequent statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

3The father in this case is not Felicity’s father, who was in state prison at the time the girls were detained.

2 the mother’s ex-husband, Jim W. One of the mother’s older children also lived with Jim, and her two oldest children were in their 20’s and independent.

Detention In March 2012, the father was on parole, and law enforcement did a parole search of his residence due to suspicion of counterfeiting. In addition to several counterfeit bills, the officer found needles, other drug paraphernalia, and methamphetamine. There were exposed electrical wires and no food or refrigerator in the house. No clothes for the girls were…