In re D.F. CA3

BACKGROUND

In December 2013, the minor’s newborn half sibling tested positive for methamphetamine. The El Dorado County Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) detained the baby and the then five-year-old minor and filed a petition alleging mother was using methamphetamine, had a significant substance abuse history from which she had failed to rehabilitate, had used methamphetamine while pregnant with the half sibling, and did not consistently attend recovery support meetings. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300, subds. (b) & (j).)1 Juvenile courts had sustained previous allegations against mother in February 2011 for physical abuse and severe neglect of the minor and in October 2012 for abusing methamphetamine. Mother had previously been provided with reunification services through both San Joaquin and El Dorado counties. Mother submitted for purposes of jurisdiction, and the court sustained the allegations in the petition. The minor’s father is deceased, and in January 2014 the Department placed the minor with his aunt. Mother’s Substance Abuse History Between 2005 and 2010, mother was arrested eight times for drug offenses. In 2006, she pleaded guilty to a drug…