In re H.G. CA2/4

BACKGROUND

At the time of H.G.’s birth in June 2013, mother had six children ranging in age from 14 to one and a half years old. The three oldest children were prior dependents of the juvenile court, and were reunified with their father, Aaron W.; the three youngest were currently dependents of the juvenile court due to mother’s drug use and unresolved domestic violence issues. When H.G. was two weeks old, mother went to the office of the social worker assigned to the dependency case involving her other children, to inform the worker that she had enrolled in the programs the court had ordered mother to attend in that case. Mother also reported that she had enrolled in the Department of Mental Health (DMH) Women Integrated program, and she was living in a shelter, Fresh Start New Images (Fresh Start). She provided the social worker with her current address and phone number, proof of her enrollment in domestic violence and anger management programs, and

1 The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) informed this Court that it would not file a respondent’s brief in this case. 2 Further undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and…