In re A.F.
Sacramento County Department of Health & Human Services v. Carrie F.
Opinion
Opinion
Butz, J.
Carrie F, mother of minor A.F., appeals from the juvenile court’s orders declaring the minor to be a dependent of the court and removing him from parental custody. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 360, 361, 395.) She contends the jurisdictional findings and removal orders were not supported by substantial evidence. We conclude that there is substantial evidence to support the juvenile court’s findings and orders. Accordingly, we affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Mother and the father (father) have shared custody of eight-year-old minor A.F. Both parents have a history of heroin addiction and both are on a methadone opiate replacement program.
On March 14, 2015, Sacramento Child Protective Services (CPS) received an emergency response referral stating that mother’s live-in boyfriend was deceased in the home due to a probable drug overdose. The night before, the minor had observed the boyfriend acting as if he was eating white pills from an orange container, and then showing off his muscles. The next morning, the minor woke to find foam coming from the boyfriend’s mouth. The minor was scared and told his mother, who confirmed for the minor that the boyfriend was…