In re A.R. CA4/3

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

In our prior opinion, V.C. et al. v. Superior Court (Dec. 19, 2013, G048961 [nonpub. opn.] (V.C.)), we affirmed the juvenile court’s September 2013 order made at the 24-month review hearing terminating reunification services and scheduling a permanency planning hearing pursuant to section 366.26 (hereafter a section 366.26 hearing) for A.R.2 Our prior opinion fully states the facts through the 24-month review hearing. We adopt and incorporate by reference the facts and analysis from our prior opinion and only summarize them here. A.R. was detained at birth in April 2011 due to Mother’s methamphetamine use during her pregnancy. Mother had already failed to reunify with two other children who had been subjects of dependency proceedings, and she had another child with whom she had had no contact for many years. Mother had an extensive primarily drug-related criminal history and a history of psychiatric hospitalization, and she had abused controlled substances since she was a teenager. Father similarly had an extensive criminal history, including felony drug-related and possession of firearms convictions, and several jail and prison sentences. (V.C., supra, typed…