In re A.A. CA2/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

By her own description, mother has “a substantial history with the juvenile court.” Mother herself became a dependent child of the court when she was detained from her own mother at birth, having been exposed to cocaine in utero. Mother received family preservation services as a child due to her mother’s alcohol abuse and because there was domestic violence in her mother’s home. As mother grew older, she had behavior problems and became violent with her own mother. Mother has also had significant involvement with the criminal justice system, both as a juvenile and as an adult. Mother’s son J.C. was born in 2008. Mother and J.C.’s father engaged in domestic violence in J.C.’s presence, and were alleged to have physically and emotionally abused J.C. Mother received family reunification services, which were terminated because mother failed to comply with the court-ordered case plan. J.C. was legally adopted in July 2010. A. was born in October 2010. A. first came to the attention of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in February 2011. DCFS received a call reporting that mother was incarcerated and had left A. in the…