In re Joshua H. CA2/1

BACKGROUND

When Joshua was born in January 2010, he tested positive for PCP. Mother told the nurse at the hospital she had been diagnosed when she was six years old with bipolar disorder, depression, and schizophrenia, and she had recently begun using PCP again after ten months of sobriety. Mother was on summary probation and had been in four substance abuse programs, but had relapsed every time. The department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) placed Joshua in the home of maternal grandmother (MGM), where mother had been living, with a safety plan providing that mother was not to reside there, was to enroll in an outpatient drug program, and could visit Joshua nine hours or more each week. After mother told the social worker she wanted MGM to assume legal guardianship of Joshua, and MGM provided DCFS with a copy of her petition for guardianship, DCFS closed the voluntary case in March 2010. 2010 Petition After DCFS learned that mother was residing with MGM and confirmed with MGM and with mother that mother was using drugs, DCFS detained Joshua, placed him with MGM, and filed a petition on June 14, 2010 alleging failure to protect under Welfare and Institutions Code1 section…