In re I.R. CA1/2

I. INTRODUCTION

Petitioner G.R., the mother of eight-year-old I.R., has filed this writ petition seeking relief from the juvenile court’s order terminating family reunification services and setting a hearing pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26.1 Mother contends that she substantially complied with her case plan objectives and should have been granted additional reunification services. We conclude the contentions have no merit, deny the petition on the merits, and vacate the stay of the section 366.26 hearing.

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

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On September 27, 2011, the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services (Department) filed a petition alleging that the minor came within the provisions of section 300, subdivision (b). Specifically, the petition alleged that the minor had been with mother in mother’s car for at least 24 hours and had not eaten during that time. Mother admitted to smoking heroin and driving under the influence of heroin while the minor was in the car with her and to “conducting illicit drug activities” with the minor present.…