In re S.B. CA2/6

FACTS

On June 29, 2011, the Santa Barbara County Child Welfare Services (CWS) filed a juvenile dependency petition (§ 300, subd. (b)) alleging there was a "substantial risk" that S.B., three years old, and P.B., an infant, would suffer "serious

1 All statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. physical harm" because of mother's "inability to supervise or protect" them. On June 12, 2011, mother "attempted suicide by overdosing on pain medication while caring for [P.B.]." She used methamphetamine on June 11, 2011, and the children were at risk because of her substance abuse. Her "criminal" history, which included using or being under the influence of a controlled substance, battery and assault, placed the children "at further risk of abuse and/or neglect." In an addendum report, CWS recommended the children "be detained from their parents . . . and released to their mother . . . while she receives treatment at an inpatient substance abuse treatment program." The juvenile court ordered the children detained, but adopted the CWS recommendation that they be released to mother. In an August 16, 2011, jurisdiction/disposition report, CWS recommended that the…