S.W.

BACKGROUND

On February 2, 2015, the Marin County Health and Human Services Department (Department) received a call from mother reporting she was unable to care for R.W. (born in December 2014) or provide for his needs due to a deterioration in her mental health. Mother stated she needed psychiatric help, was feeling “ ‘crazy in [her] head,’ hypersensitive, and angry at people,” and felt overwhelmed. She was not currently on any medications, but in the past has been diagnosed with Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar Disorder and ADHD. Mother acknowledged she is an alcoholic. That same day, the Department received another report of domestic violence between the parents that occurred on Christmas Day 2014. Father and mother had been drinking, and an argument escalated to the point they threw beer bottles and pushed and hit one another. Police arrested father for choking mother, who was too drunk to feed R.W. Maternal grandmother came to the apartment and took R.W. into her care. It was also reported that another incident took place on January 31, 2015, during which the parents started arguing and father threatened to hit mother while she was holding R.W. Mother went to maternal…