In re E.E. CA4/2

BACKGROUND

A. Dependency History

In April 2020, mother had five children, of whom four-year-old E.E. was the

youngest. Mother did not have custody of any of E.E.’s older siblings.

Mother’s oldest child was born in 2003. Mother was unable to provide

appropriate supervision, guidance, or a stable home for that child, so she supported the

child’s godparents’ petition in probate court to become the child’s legal guardians, which

was granted.

In 2010, the juvenile court sustained a section 300 petition as to two other children

on the basis of mother’s substance abuse. Mother failed to comply with reunification

services. The case was terminated in 2011, with juvenile custody orders granting the

father of those children sole physical custody but joint legal custody with mother. In

2013, mother’s parental rights were terminated as to the fourth child after mother failed

to comply with reunification services.

Then, in 2016, when E.E. was approximately one year old, a dependency petition

was filed as to E.E. in Los Angeles County on the basis of father’s substance abuse and

the parents’ history of engaging in domestic violence. The allegations were sustained.

2 Mother…