In re R.R. CA2/6

Facts and Procedural History R.R. was born in February 2022. At the time of R.R.’s birth, mother tested positive for fentanyl and marijuana. R.R. also tested positive for substances. The juvenile court detained R.R. and placed her in the home of maternal aunt after R.R. was discharged from the hospital. R.R. is mother’s third child to be taken into protective custody at birth due to mother’s substance abuse and untreated mental health issues. Mother’s two older children, E.C., born in 2015, and A.R., born in 2017, were dependents of the juvenile court. After mother failed to reunify with them, her parental rights were terminated, and the children were adopted in 2019. After R.R.’s birth, Ventura County Human Services Agency filed a new dependency action as to R.R. due to mother’s substance abuse issues, mental health issues, and mother’s two prior dependency cases. (§ 300, subds. (b), (j).) The detention report indicated that, at the time of R.R.’s birth, mother reported she had no prenatal care, denied any substance use or history of substance abuse, but “was evasive and appeared high.” The agency recommended reunification services be bypassed for mother given her ongoing issue…