In re Veronica E. CA3

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

On March 8, 2004, the Butte County Department of Employment and Social Services (the Department) detained the minors, then ages three and five, due to mother’s psychological issues and alcohol abuse. There also had been domestic violence in the home. According to a police report, on February 28, 2004, officers answered a call to the house regarding an overdose. When they went to the home, mother refused medical attention but admitted she had been drinking and told the officers that she wanted to kill herself. An officer placed her on a “section 5150 hold” and she was admitted to the Butte County Psychiatric Health Facility for a 72-hour evaluation. On April 12, 2004, the juvenile court sustained section 300 petitions on behalf of the minors and adjudged the minors dependent children. Reunification services, including substance abuse treatment, were provided. Mother maintained sobriety for six months and the minors were returned to her care in December 2004 with family maintenance services. Dependency was terminated on May 23, 2005, after mother had maintained another six months of sobriety. Mother resumed her alcohol abuse four months later and, on December…