G.Z.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. OVERVIEW

Mother has five children. N.H. was born in September 2010, and his brother, A.H., was born in November 2012. Children have an older half-brother, E.Z., who recently turned 14, and 16- and 17-year-old half sisters. Mother married the father of the three older children in 2001, and they have remained married even though they separated in 2003. Since 2006, the maternal grandmother has had legal guardianship over the girls. Mother has a long history of alcohol and methamphetamine abuse, and a criminal history including three felony controlled substance convictions and a misdemeanor conviction for driving under the influence. She also has a 2012 conviction for corporal injury to a child, an offense involving her younger daughter for which she has been on probation throughout this dependency action. Mother used alcohol and methamphetamine during her first trimester of pregnancy with N.H. As an infant, N.H. suffered from vomiting and weight loss and was diagnosed with gastroenteritis and failure to thrive. Mother was incarcerated in late 2011 and N.H. was cared for by a family friend for several months. During that time period, N.H.…