In re N.F. CA2/8

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

C.M. (mother), who has a felony conviction for grand theft auto, previously had been involved with child protective services in New York and Texas. On July 31, 2013, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a petition, which, as later sustained, alleged that mother and father have a history of illicit drug use and currently abuse heroin and marijuana rendering them unable to care for N.F. Both were under the influence of illicit drugs while N.F. was in their care. 1. Detention Prior to the detention hearing, a social worker spoke with mother and father. Father was on probation for using heroin. He had completed nine months of a rehabilitation program, and he regularly attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Father admitted smoking heroin and marijuana during the prior month. Father also admitted that he had been arrested for domestic violence, and that mother previously had obtained a restraining order against him. Mother reported that she and father were living with a friend because they had been evicted from their apartment. She acknowledged that child protective services in Dallas, Texas was investigating them. Mother…