In re J.G. CA1/4

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In February 2014, Marin County Health and Human Services (the Department) filed a Welfare and Institutions Code section 300 petition, asserting Mother’s 13 and 11- year-old daughters were at substantial risk of suffering harm due to instances of domestic violence and Mother’s substance abuse, as well as due to the abuse of a sibling, 7-month old J.G. The Agency detained all three children. At the jurisdictional hearing in April 2014, Mother submitted on the Department’s amended petition, which the juvenile court sustained under section 300, subdivisions (b) and (j). In August 2014, following the contested dispositional hearings in July 2014, the

1 juvenile court found the two daughters to be dependents and ordered their removal from Mother’s care. In September 2014, Mother appealed from that order. On December 19, 2014, the daughters were returned to Mother’s care. Thereafter, on March 9, 2015, following Mother’s completion of various treatment programs, continued attendance in counseling and therapy, along with her continuous sobriety for more than one year, the juvenile court terminated its jurisdiction and dismissed the case.

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