In re E.S. CA2/3

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

1. The Dependency Petition E.S. was born in February 2010. Her half-sister Z.S., mother’s second daughter, was born in 2013. At the time of detention, E.S. and Z.S. lived with mother in Los Angeles County. Father lived in Colorado. On January 3, 2019, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) received a report that mother had been arrested for child endangerment and public intoxication after her Uber driver contacted law enforcement to report mother was incoherent and did not have a car seat for Z.S. E.S. was with a babysitter at the time of the incident. On February 7, 2019, the Department filed a dependency petition under section 300, subdivisions (b) and (j), alleging E.S. and Z.S. were at risk of serious physical harm due to mother

Statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code, unless otherwise designated.

2 endangering Z.S. while intoxicated. The petition said father’s “whereabouts [were] unknown.” 2. Efforts to Locate Father Mother initially refused to provide the Department with father’s contact information because she did not want him “involved” in the case. Approximately two…