In re A.M.C. CA6

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND3

1. Section 300 Petition Due to ongoing domestic violence between the parents in the presence of then three-year-old A.M.C., and the parents’ substance abuse, the Department filed a section 300 petition on November 26, 2018. The petition alleged that A.M.C. was at serious risk of physical and emotional harm because Mother and Father engaged in domestic violence in his presence, and from the parents’ ongoing substance abuse. At the initial hearing on November 28, 2018, the juvenile court found A.M.C. was a child described by section 300 and that continuing in Mother’s care was contrary to his welfare. The juvenile court ordered that A.M.C. remain in the care of Father, who was living with the paternal grandparents. 2. February 5, 2019 Jurisdiction and Disposition Hearing The reports prepared for the February 5, 2019 jurisdiction and disposition hearing stated that Father completed a drug assessment during which he said he had been clean and sober for five years. He relapsed in December 2018 when he used methamphetamine. Father tested positive for methamphetamine on December 14 and

3 We carefully considered the complete record in this case and…