In re E.V. CA1/1

BACKGROUND

The Alameda County Social Services Agency (Agency) detained one- month-old E.V. after she tested positive for opiates and was twice hospitalized for “ ‘failure to thrive.’ ” In its initial petition, the Agency alleged, pursuant to section 300, subdivision (b)(1) that: parents “were not feeding the minor throughout the night,” and such actions placed minor “at serious risk of physical harm” (count b-1); mother’s substance abuse placed minor at serious risk of physical harm or neglect (count b-2); and Father’s “history of using illegal substances” and his “daily” consumption of alcohol placed minor at serious risk of physical harm or neglect (count b-3). The detention report recounted that the hospital social worker said E.V. was admitted after her first weight check because she was “severally underweight.” The hospital discharged the infant after five days, but she was re-hospitalized three days later because the “pediatrician . . . felt the baby was unsafe to take home due to her weight.” The social worker “reported

Mother does not appeal.

2 that there are concerns regarding the two admissions to the hospital for a baby being considered ‘failure to thrive’ and…