In re Julie F. CA2/6

BACKGROUND

Mother has a long history of substance abuse and related criminal activity. In other dependency proceedings, Mother did not reunify with five of her eight children, four of whom were “born drug exposed.” In September 2015, Mother shared custody of 14-month-old Julie with Father. She also had custody of 14-year-old Savanah A., Julie’s half sibling. Mother was on probation and working as the manager of a residential recovery center. She relapsed, left the center, and absconded from probation supervision. A warrant issued for her arrest. On September 14, the Ventura County Human Services Agency (Agency) detained Savanah but could not locate Mother or Julie. On September 22, Father filed an application in family court for sole custody of Julie. Father has sole custody of their other two children. On September 27, Mother tried to cash a fraudulent check. Julie was with her. Mother had methamphetamine and a pipe in her clothing. She was arrested. The Agency removed Julie from her care. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300, subds. (b), (j).) The juvenile court found prima facie evidence to detain Julie. The Agency placed Julie in foster care and, later, with Father. On December 1,…