In re H.D. CA4/3

FACTS

SSA contacted mother after learning she had a history of depression and drug use, including crack cocaine and marijuana, and she was purportedly still smoking marijuana while exclusively breastfeeding her then two-week-old child. Further information received by SSA included the following: mother used crack cocaine six weeks into her pregnancy; mother made statements about “being high” while caring for

All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise specified.

2 the child and the child appeared lethargic; mother had a history of prostitution and her pimp had come to see her at her mother’s (i.e., the child’s maternal grandmother) residence where she was living with the child at the time. After interviewing mother, the maternal grandmother, mother’s minor sister and mother’s friend, reviewing a police report and further investigating matters, SSA sought a protective custody warrant concerning the child. It believed the child’s physical environment posed a threat to her health and safety and temporary removal of her from mother’s physical custody was the only means to protect her. The juvenile court granted the warrant.…