Sacramento County Department of Health & Human Services v. Dana C.

J.Dana C., the mother of the minors, appeals from orders of the juvenile court declaring the minors to be dependent children of the court and denying appellant reunification services. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 360, subd. (d), 395; fiirther statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.) Appellant contends the court erred in denying her reunification services. We disagree with that contention and shall affirm the orders.

*74 Factual and Procedural Background

On April 20, 1998, the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) filed section 300 petitions on behalf of seven-year-old Jasmine, eight-year-old Joseph, and nine-year-old John. Each of the petitions alleged the minors had suffered, or there was a substantial risk they would suffer, serious physical harm, as a result of the failure or inability of appellant and the father of the minors to supervise or protect them adequately, and due to the inability of appellant and the father to provide regular care for the minors due to the parents’ substance abuse.

In support of those allegations, the petitions averred appellant was a registered drug offender with a history of substance…