In re N.H. CA4/2

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In October 2013, mother’s children (I.L., age 15; J.L., age 12; E.L., age 9; R.F.,

age 6 (sometimes collectively referred to as “half siblings”); W.H., age 2 (born August

2011); and N.H., age 1 (born September 2012)2) came to the attention of San Bernardino

Children and Family Services (CFS), after CFS received referrals indicating the children

were left unsupervised without food, mother was abusing drugs and alcohol, and her

boyfriend may have been selling drugs out of the home. On December 5, 2013, CFS

filed petitions on behalf of all of the children pursuant to section 300, subdivisions (b)

(failure to protect) and (g) (failure to provide for children), alleging that mother had a

substance abuse problem and a history of domestic violence.3 On December 6, 2013, the

trial court found a prima facie case under section 300 and detained the children with

mother.

All further undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

W.H. and N.H. share the same “alleged” father, who was not involved in the 2 proceedings and is not a party to this appeal.

3 Where sibling documents are redundant, this opinion will…