In re A.C. CA1/4

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On May 13, 2013, a section 300 petition was filed alleging that parents have a substance abuse problem which impedes their ability to safely parent A.C. The petition alleged that father2 suffered a seizure while at a shopping mall with A.C. and was unable

1 All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. 2 Father has not filed an appeal in this matter.

1 to speak or control his extremities and mother was found unresponsive in her car, extremely lethargic and unable to speak. The petition further alleged that parents’ rights were terminated as to A.C.’s sibling, who was the subject of a prior dependency and had since been adopted. A.C. was detained and placed in the home of the paternal aunt. The San Francisco Human Services Agency’s (the Agency) report for the jurisdiction/disposition hearing recommended that the allegations of the petition be sustained. It noted parents’ long-standing history of narcotics addiction to Soma,3 a muscle relaxant. They had been discharged from the Jelani House program because of the risk that they were using Soma on the premises. The Agency recommended that parents be bypassed for reunification…