In re David G. CA2/2

BACKGROUND

In December 2009, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department or DCFS) detained David at birth and filed a petition to bring him within the jurisdiction of the court. On April 6, 2010, the juvenile court sustained the first amended dependency petition, adjudicated David a dependent of the juvenile court, and placed him in the care and custody of his maternal aunt Jessica R. (Jessica). The sustained petition alleged that when David was born, both he and mother tested positive for the existence of methamphetamine, amphetamine and opiates, and that mother had a history of illicit drug use, including the abuse of the prescription drug Adderall. The sustained petition also alleged that father was a registered substance abuse offender, with a long history of drug abuse and numerous arrests and convictions for possession of

See Welfare and Institutions Code section 388, subdivision (a). All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code, unless otherwise indicated.

See section 366.26, subdivision (c)(1)(B)(i).

See generally, In re A.L. (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 75, 80.

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