In re R.H. CA2/6

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On January 28, 2014, the Ventura County Human Services Agency (HSA) filed a dependency petition as to R.H., born in September 2012, and N.H., born in October 2013. The petition alleged that the children had been removed from their home after their parents were arrested for domestic violence and child endangerment.2 The parents also have histories of substance abuse that interfered with their ability to care for the children. R.H. and N.H. were placed together in a foster home. In its jurisdiction and disposition report, HSA recommended that the children be declared dependents and that reunification services be offered to both parents. HSA reported that the parents had three weekly one-hour supervised visits with the children and that the visits had gone well. Father’s first drug test was positive for marijuana and methamphetamine, but a second test was negative. At the conclusion of the uncontested jurisdiction and disposition hearing, the court sustained the petition and granted the parents six months of reunification services. The parents were ordered to comply with their case plans, submit to random drug testing, attend Alcoholics/Narcotics…