T.N.

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

Mother has four older children, none of whom were in her care when she was pregnant with R.N. Mother’s oldest child was adopted at the age of three after mother

1 failed to reunify with the child and her parental rights were terminated, another child was placed for adoption immediately after she was born, and a third child was living with his godmother through a family arrangement. Mother and R.M. (father) had a child together (mother’s fourth) in April 2014. Mother and the baby tested positive for cocaine and crystal methamphetamine. The child was placed with father but later was taken from his care, and both parents’ parental rights were terminated a few days before R.N. was born. During the proceedings related to the child, mother hit father in a courtroom hallway causing his ear to bleed, and restraining orders were put in place to protect father and the older sibling from mother. Mother was hospitalized during her pregnancy with R.N. after she suffered a ruptured gallbladder in November 2015, and she tested positive for methamphetamine and other drugs when she was admitted to the hospital. She remained hospitalized and gave birth to…