In re S.A.R. CA2/6

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

S.A.R. was born in January 2021. At the time of S.A.R.’s birth, mother tested positive for amphetamine and marijuana. S.A.R. also tested positive for amphetamine. The juvenile court detained S.A.R. and placed her in the home of maternal cousin and his wife, who also had placement of S.A.R.’s older half-sister, C.G., due to mother’s substance abuse issues. Father and mother are no strangers to the juvenile dependency system. When S.A.R. was born, mother had an open dependency case and was receiving reunification services for C.G. Father also had an open dependency case and was receiving reunification services for his three children from a prior relationship. However, father and mother struggled to remain sober.

2 Ventura County Human Services Agency filed a new dependency action for S.A.R. for failure to protect (§ 300, subd. (b)), and abuse of a sibling (§ 300, subd. (j)). At the jurisdiction and disposition hearing, the juvenile court sustained the petition and bypassed reunification services based on father and mother’s chronic drug abuse and failure to comply with their prior court- ordered services. (§ 361.5, subd. (b)(13).) The juvenile court…