In re E.R. CA2/5

I. BACKGROUND

A. Prior Pertinent Dependency History In 2003, a juvenile court terminated Mother’s parental rights over two daughters due to Mother’s substance abuse; among other things, the younger of the two girls was exposed to cocaine in-utero. A year later, a third daughter was declared a dependent of the juvenile court based on the abuse and neglect of her older sisters; the court denied Mother reunification services and the girl was ultimately adopted by relatives in Texas. Fourteen years later, in 2018, the court terminated Mother’s parental rights over three other children due, in part, to Mother’s abuse of methamphetamine and marijuana while pregnant with the youngest of the three children and while caring for the two older children. In April 2019, while pregnant with the child that is the subject of this dependency appeal, Mother was arrested for

1 This was Minor’s age at the time of the jurisdiction hearing. Minor was two months old at the time dependency proceedings were initiated.

Minor’s father is not a party to this appeal, because the allegations asserted against him were not sustained.

2 methamphetamine possession. Two months after her arrest, the police…