In re Angelo W. CA2/3

INTRODUCTION

In this appeal, mother R.W. contends there is insufficient evidence to support the juvenile court’s order removing three-year-old Angelo W. from her custody (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 361).1 We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) received a referral in September 2011 alleging mother had been arrested for possession of a methamphetamine pipe and Angelo, then 23 months old, was missing. Mother has a long history, beginning in 1994, of arrests and convictions for possession, or being under the influence, of controlled substances. Mother was transient and left Angelo with Vicky A. before being arrested. Vicky A. informed the social worker that she had lived with mother but moved out because of mother’s drug use, which behavior attracted drug dealers and users. The maternal grandmother refused to allow mother into her house because of mother’s methamphetamine use and refusal to seek help. Mother had completed a drug rehabilitation program and claimed to have been sober for two or three years before relapsing. Mother also has a long history with the Department dating to 2005. The juvenile court terminated…