In re I.H. CA4/2

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

The father and J.M. (mother) lived together for four years. They have two

daughters together, E.H. and I.H. (collectively children). Both children tested positive for

marijuana at birth.

In November 2018, the father slapped and punched the mother, knocking her

down. He then left with the children and did not return.

In December 2018, the mother called police and reported that the father had raped

her. The father maintained that the alleged rape was consensual sex.

Each parent accused the other of previous domestic violence. The father said that

the mother had been diagnosed with multiple mental illnesses but refused to take her

medication.

Accordingly, in February 2019 — when E.H. was seventeen months old and I.H.

was four months old — CFS filed a dependency petition regarding them. At that point,

the father was incarcerated. He was released in April 2019.

Initially, the children were left in the mother’s care, with family maintenance

services. The mother, however, repeatedly left or was asked to leave her housing

situations, because she was noncompliant, abrasive, and/or confrontational. She did not

drug test regularly as required.

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