In re M.C. CA4/3

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A. Termination of Reunification Services The facts below are from this court’s prior opinion (Jennifer W. v. Superior Court (Jan. 28, 2021, G059416 [nonpub. opn.]), affirming the juvenile court’s termination of Mother’s reunification services: “In October 2018, M.C. was born with amphetamine and methamphetamine in her blood system and [two days] later was taken into protective custody by the Orange County Social Services Agency (SSA). Mother admitted she ‘tried’ methamphetamine ‘one-time’ before knowing she was pregnant but otherwise denied using methamphetamine. She also provided various inconsistent explanations for the drugs in the child’s body. Nine months earlier, the juvenile court detained Mother’s two other children with the same father after they were found unsupervised with open wounds, severe rashes, and an infection caused by leaving the children in urine-soaked diapers.

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

2 “SSA filed a juvenile dependency petition based on M.C.’s positive test for methamphetamine at birth. The petition also alleged both Mother and the father had unresolved substance…