In re Anthony E. CA2/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts

A. Family Father and Amanda G. (mother) met in 2014. Their son, Anthony, was born in October 2015.1 Father and mother never married, but were in a relationship and lived together for approximately five years. During this time, father and mother

Mother has one other child—Arianna (born 2007)—by another father. Father has two other children by other mothers. These other children are not at issue in this appeal.

2 regularly engaged in “arguments and fights with stuff being broken.” Father and mother eventually split up: Father moved to San Bernardino; mother, to Los Angeles with Anthony. B. Mother’s drug use Mother used crystal meth. She would go into the bathroom “for long periods of time” and emerge either “angry and arguing and talking to the ceiling” or “look[ing] like she was sleep walking.” Mother would “stay awake for long periods of time” and “never sle[pt].” Father complained to mother’s brother, Alfonso, that mother’s methamphetamine use was a problem in their relationship. C. Mother’s mental health issues Beginning sometime in 2017, mother began “hearing voices and talking to herself,” and started to blame…