In re M.P. CA3

BACKGROUND

In September 2010, mother began participating in a residential drug treatment program. She was scheduled to finish the program in December 2010 and then move to transitional housing. In November 2010, the day before the minor was born, mother tested positive for amphetamine during a preoperative appointment. Two days later, the minor and mother tested negative for illicit substances. The Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services (Department) filed a nondetaining Welfare and Institutions Code section 3001 petition alleging the minor’s half sibling had been abused or neglected as a result of mother’s lengthy substance abuse and domestic violence in the home, mother had not been offered reunification services based on her history, and the abuse of this half sibling put the minor at substantial risk of harm. (§ 300, subd. (j).) The juvenile court ordered the minor to remain in the care and custody of mother, under the Department’s supervision. Mother and the minor continued to live at the residential treatment facility, and were doing very well there. The counselor at the treatment facility was concerned about mother’s relationship with father, and father’s…