In re K.J. CA2/6

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Appellants are the parents of twins Ke. S. (Ke.) and Ky. S. (Ky.), born in 2005; Kam. S. (Kam.), born in 2007; and Kap., born in 2013. Mother also has a daughter, K.J., who was born in 1999.2 In December 2013, Santa Barbara County Child Welfare Services (CWS) detained all five children due to appellants' domestic violence, mental illness, substance abuse, and chronic neglect. Appellants both had drug-related criminal histories. Father also had prior charges of burglary, inflicting corporal injury on a spouse cohabitant, making terrorist threats, and numerous violations of parole. K.J. and Kam. were placed together in a foster home, and the other three children were placed in another foster home. At the conclusion of the detention hearing, the court ordered all five children detained and set the matters for a combined jurisdiction and disposition hearing. In its jurisdiction and disposition report, CWS recommended that the children remain placed in out-of-home care and that appellants be offered reunification services. CWS informed father that he could not visit the children until he provided a clean drug test. Father initially agreed to take a…