In re A.D. CA2/3

BACKGROUND

I. The petition

N.F. (age 3) is A.D.’s (age 9) half sister from a different father. A.D. was previously a dependent of the juvenile court because of father’s alcohol abuse and because father was arrested for driving on a suspended license while under the influence, with

1 All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

2 A.D. unrestrained in the car, and then left A.D. alone in the car with the motor running for an extended period of time (case No. DK03987). When the juvenile court terminated the prior dependency, it granted mother sole physical custody of, and ordered that father have monitored visitation with, A.D. In June 2020, DCFS received a referral of general neglect. An employee of the hotel where mother and the children were living found N.F. alone in the stairwell calling for mother. The door to the family’s room was ajar and A.D. was asleep. Mother and N.F.’s father, F.F., were in another room at the hotel. The hotel employee called the police. Mother told DCFS she had no permanent address. She would allow A.D. to stay with his paternal grandfather where father also lived, despite the order limiting father to monitored…