In re A.D. CA2/1

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

In separate dependency proceedings initiated in 2011, the juvenile court sustained a Welfare and Institutions Code section 3001 petition based on Mother’s history of substance abuse and inappropriate physical discipline of A.D.’s older half sibling that placed A.D. at risk of harm. In 2012, the case was terminated with the children in Mother’s sole custody. The instant dependency proceedings stem from a sustained 2013 section 300 petition alleging that domestic violence between Mother and her boyfriend (not Father) placed A.D. and three of Mother’s other children at risk of harm. Mother informed DCFS she did not know the identity of A.D.’s father. The court initially placed A.D. with Mother and ordered family maintenance services. Mother struggled to cooperate with DCFS, however—at one point to such an extent that DCFS was unaware of Mother and A.D.’s whereabouts for an extended period of time, necessitating an arrest warrant for Mother and a protective custody warrant for A.D. In July 2016, the court granted a DCFS request under section 387 to remove A.D. from

1Subsequent unspecified statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

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