In re K.L. CA 2/6

FACTS

On January 7, 2014, the San Luis Obispo County Department of Social Services (DSS) filed a juvenile dependency petition (§ 300, subd. (b)), alleging Mother failed to protect K.L., a two-year-old girl, from abuse and neglect. On January 3, Mother was arrested for using and being under the influence of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, and "[w]illful [c]ruelty" to a child. The little girl was dirty and hungry. She was in a car outside a fast food restaurant and she had a large bruise on her forehead. Mother was asleep in the car. When law enforcement arrived, Mother was "fidgeting" and "appeared confused." DSS placed the child "into protective custody" because of Mother's "chronic substance abuse problem." On January 8, 2014, the trial court ruled that K.L. "is a person described by Section[] 300 . . . [subdivisions (b) and (g)]," and that "detention of the minor[] is required." In its revised findings and orders after dispositional hearing, the trial court found: 1) K.L.'s "out-of-home placement is necessary," and 2) the "current placement is appropriate." K.L.'s father was convicted of robbery in 2011. He was released from state prison on March 14,…