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I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND2

On June 4, 2013, the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services

(DPSS) filed a dependency petition with respect to the newborn girl V.V. Mother had

received no prenatal care, the child was born at 35 weeks’ gestation, and both mother and

child tested positive for amphetamines. The father of the child was unknown; mother

declined to identify him to the social worker. Mother reported to the social worker that

she was currently “staying at a friend’s house because she lost her home.” Mother had

one other child, a daughter who was staying with a maternal cousin. Mother indicated

that she was unemployed, and planned to get money from unemployment and relatives to

support her and the child.

1 All further statutory references will be to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise noted.

We here summarize only those facts necessary for context, and those directly relevant to mother’s claims of error. An exhaustive factual and procedural history is unnecessary to the disposition of the matter.

2 On June 5, 2013, the juvenile court detained the child, and on August 8, 2013, it

sustained the petition, finding that she…