In re C.W. CA2/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Father and P.P. (Mother) moved with C.W. to California from the Midwest in 2018. C.W. was two years old at the time. In early 2019, respondent Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) learned the family was homeless. C.W. was marooned all day in the family car, where his parents smoked marijuana with the windows closed. Mother tested positive for marijuana at four prenatal visits before giving birth to P.W. in March 2019.2 __________________________________________________________ 1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

Mother is not a party to this appeal.

2 In July 2021, a mandated reporter told DCFS that C.W. was medically neglected, with severe scoliosis and impaired vision. If left untreated, he could suffer irreversible loss of vision and organ damage. His speech was greatly delayed. Mother was aware of C.W.’s medical conditions but did not take him or P.W. to doctors or dentists, or enroll C.W. in school. C.W. fell and lacerated his head, then sustained a chemical burn when Mother applied glue to the gash. The parents did not seek care for days after C.W. developed an…