In re B.C. CA4/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Mother’s History At age 25, Mother began drinking alcohol and using marijuana. She then progressed to daily methamphetamine use, which continued for eight years. In October 2017, Mother gave birth to a boy, P.C. Mother and child both tested positive for amphetamine and marijuana. The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (the Agency) removed P.C. from Mother, who did not participate in treatment or maintain contact with the Agency. After three drug arrests in 2018, Mother received a three-year prison term for assault with a deadly weapon. She was paroled in October 2019. Mother attended a recovery substance abuse program as part of her parole, tested negative for illegal substances in November and December 2019 but left the program and later relapsed on methamphetamine. After the juvenile court terminated Mother’s parental rights to P.C., the maternal grandmother adopted him in February 2020.

Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

2 In July 2020, Mother gave birth prematurely to B.C. in her home and was transported to a hospital via ambulance. B.C.’s urine and umbilical cord tested…