In re M.T. CA2/6

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Mother has given birth to five children. Her fourth child, M.T., was born in September 2008. Mother's youngest child, M.T.'s half-sister S.T., was born in December 2009. In a November 2012 detention report, Santa Barbara County Child Protective Services (CPS) stated that mother had been arrested after M.T. and S.T. were found with mother and three other adults in a motel room that reeked of marijuana. The police also found syringes, a bong, and a small amount of marijuana that mother admitted was hers. Mother admitted she had a history of relapsing on methamphetamine and had recently relapsed on the drug. Both children witnessed the police use a Taser on one of mother's adult companions, who was a parolee at large. The children were detained and placed together in a foster care home in Santa Barbara. Mother was allowed supervised visits. The petition also alleged that mother's parental rights to M.T. and S.T.'s older half-siblings C.T. and E.R. had been terminated in 2007 as a result of mother's drug use. M.T. and S.T.'s other half-sibling, N.R., was detained in September 2007 and was living with her paternal…