In re Z.R. CA2/8

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY1

On December 31, 2013, the juvenile court assumed jurisdiction of 22-month-old Z.R. after sustaining allegations that her parents – mother T.A. and father D.R. – had a history of drug abuse that left them unable to properly care for the minor and placed her at a substantial risk of harm. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300, subd. (b).) Mother tested positive for marijuana when Z.R. was born, although the child did not have marijuana in her system. Mother had lost five previous children in the Arizona dependency system due to cocaine and marijuana abuse. She also had several prostitution related convictions, including one that occurred while this dependency proceeding was pending. The manager of the apartment building where parents lived told a social worker for respondent Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) that their apartment reeked of marijuana. The minor’s nanny also reported that the minor always smelled of marijuana and cigarettes. There were also allegations of domestic violence, but mother recanted those and said she had filed false police reports claiming father had struck her. Father was reportedly mother’s pimp and…