In re N.F.

BACKGROUND

I. Prior Dependency Case

The family came to the attention of the Riverside County Department of Public

Social Services (DPSS) in May 2016. Mother and N.F. tested positive for

methamphetamine and amphetamine at N.F.’s birth. Mother was 25 years old and had

been using methamphetamine since age 18. She admitted to using throughout her

2 pregnancy. Father reported drinking 12 beers per day on the weekends and using

marijuana. The parents were not married and did not live together. Father was unsure

whether he could care for N.F.

DPSS filed a petition under section 300, subdivisions (b) and (g), and the court

detained N.F. from the parents. At the jurisdiction and disposition hearing in June 2016,

the court found true the allegations under section 300, subdivision (b), that both parents

had substance abuse problems and that Father had stated he was unable and unwilling to

care for N.F. The court removed N.F. from the parents’ custody and ordered

reunification services for both parents.

Mother received reunification services until the six-month review hearing, at

which N.F. was returned to Mother, and roughly 32 months of family maintenance

services after…