In re Darian R.

BACKGROUND

Mother and father have three children: Darian, Hailey, and Bonnie. From September 2015 to October 2016, the family participated in family maintenance services. It is undisputed that in the context of that prior dependency case, the juvenile court found that ICWA did not apply. In the current dependency proceeding, mother and father admitted being addicted to methamphetamine, and using methamphetamine every day. Father acknowledged that he was unable to care for the children.2 Father said he stayed away from the children when he was “out on the street” because he was “using drugs.” Mother minimally participated in the current dependency proceedings. She initially visited the children but then stopped. Mother did not attend her scheduled drug tests and frequently

Father is not a party to this appeal. In October 2018, father was convicted for possession of paraphernalia concerning a controlled substance.

3 could not be located. When social workers located mother in April 2020, she was living with maternal grandfather, and in July 2021, mother lived with maternal aunt. During the dependency proceedings, mother was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon.

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