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BACKGROUND

The section 300 petition On August 15, 2014, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a petition under section 300, subdivision (b)(1) (failure to protect from risk of serious physical harm or illness). As sustained, the petition alleged that Father had a history of illicit drug abuse and was a current abuser of amphetamine and methamphetamine, rendering him incapable of providing regular care for the minors. Father had a positive drug test for amphetamine and methamphetamine on August 5, 2014, and his use of illicit drugs endangered the minors’ physical health and safety and created a detrimental home environment. Reports prior to the jurisdictional and dispositional hearing We summarize DCFS’s reports in connection with the jurisdictional and dispositional hearing. On July 30, 2014, DCFS received a referral of “emotional abuse,” informing DCFS that, among other things, Father had made death threats to Mother’s boyfriend, Robert A.; Father was asking the minors to request grocery money from Mother; and Father’s recent weight loss indicated that Father might still be using illicit drugs. Mother and the minors were not living with Father.

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