J.J.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A.J. was born in October 2017. In May 2020, when he was 2-years-old, the department removed him from his mother’s custody. She had taken him to the hospital where he tested positive for high levels of amphetamine. Mother had no explanation as to how A.J. had come into contact with the substance. However, when a department social worker visited mother’s home, various safety hazards were discovered within reach of a small child, including marijuana, a pellet gun, medications, and pipes used to smoke methamphetamine and marijuana. At the time, father was incarcerated and had very little contact with A.J. Father and mother’s relationship ended when A.J. was about four months old. A.J. was placed with a non-relative foster family. The department filed a petition seeking dependency jurisdiction over A.J. It alleged that he was at substantial risk of harm as a result of (1) the failure or inability of his parent to adequately supervise or protect him, and (2) the willful or negligent failure of his parent to adequately supervise or protect him from the conduct of the custodian with whom the child has been left. (§ 300, subd. (b)(1).)

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