T.M.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

J.B. was born in October 2014 and tested positive for marijuana. On October 15, 2014, the Mendocino County Health & Human Services Agency (the Agency) filed a section 300 petition alleging that mother had a chronic substance abuse history, including use of methamphetamine and marijuana, and a pattern of criminal 1 Unless otherwise indicated, all further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

1 arrests which severely impaired her ability to care for and supervise J.B. The petition further alleged that mother and J.B. tested positive for marijuana in the hospital upon J.B.’s birth. The petition also alleged that mother was arrested on October 14, 2014, and was currently incarcerated in the county jail. As to J.B.’s father, the petition alleged that he had a chronic substance abuse history impairing his ability to provide adequate care and supervision for J.B., that he had a criminal arrest history, and that he was arrested in February 2014 and remained incarcerated in the county jail. Further, the petition alleged that parents did not have appropriate housing and that they could not provide J.B. with a stable home. Finally, the…