In re X.H. CA2/1

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

X.H. was born prematurely with several significant physical problems. Although X.H. did not test positive for illegal drugs at birth, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) took her into custody because her one-year-old brother Kevin had been declared a dependent child due to his being born with drugs in his system and based on evidence that Mother was a current drug user. At the detention hearing in March 2012, the court ordered the DCFS to provide Mother and X.H. with family reunification services; to provide Mother with the medical training she needed to care for X.H.; and to arrange weekly random drug testing for Mother. The record does not show that DCFS provided Mother with the court-ordered reunification services or medical training. The jurisdictional hearing for X.H. and the permanency planning hearing for X.H.’s brother Kevin were held together in January 2013. Mother did not attend. The court terminated reunification services and Mother’s parental rights with respect to Kevin. The court sustained the dependency petition as to X.H. under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b)1 on the ground that Mother’s…