D.R.

INTRODUCTION

Juvenile dependent D.R., through his counsel, filed in this court a petition for extraordinary writ seeking review of the juvenile court’s order terminating family reunification services and setting a Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 366.26 hearing (setting order) for June 4, 2024. D.R. fails to show error in the juvenile court’s order. His petition is therefore denied.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

D.R. was born in November 2022 to mother Rebecca E. and a father whose whereabouts were then unknown. D.R. was detained from mother at birth after testing positive for fentanyl. The juvenile court sustained a petition based on D.R.’s positive drug test and mother’s history of drug use and abuse. The court ordered D.R. removed. He was initially placed in a foster home and later moved to the home of maternal grandparents. At no point has he lived with mother. Father disclaimed any interest in the proceedings below. D.R. is not mother’s only child. He has an older half sister. A March 2021 child welfare referral concerning half sister alleged mother smoked fentanyl pills in the family home and had been addicted to fentanyl for the past two years. The Los Angeles…