In re N.B. CA4/3

FACTS

When N.B. was born in 2010, Mother was only 15 years old. Although she stopped using drugs at that time, she resumed using marijuana in 2011 and started using methamphetamine on a daily basis in early 2012. Father also has a history of drug use, as well as a criminal record. He separated from Mother after N.B. was born and is not a party to this appeal. Since N.B. was born, his primary caretakers have been his maternal grandmother Elizabeth and her boyfriend Lee. They took N.B. and Mother into their home, and they also care for Mother’s teenage brother Jason. Like Mother and Father, Elizabeth has used a variety of drugs over the years, and Jason was known to be a “pothead.” Given all the drug use that was going on in N.B.’s family, it is hardly surprising that things were chaotic at his home. In fact, since N.B. was born, the police have been called out to the home about once a month for one thing or another. Rather than going into all of the calls, we will simply describe the most salient ones. In December 2011, Elizabeth’s former pimp broke into the house in the middle of the night and threatened Elizabeth at gunpoint. He stole $300 from her and threatened to kill her…