J.People

BACKGROUND

On January 9, 2024, the agency filed a dependency petition with respect to S.P., then 18 months old, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 300, subdivisions (a) (serious physical harm), (b)(1) (failure to protect), and (j) (abuse of a sibling). The petition alleged that S.P. was at serious risk of physical harm based on an incident in which mother left S.P. unattended in her vehicle within reach of controlled substances. When she returned, S.P. appeared to be going in and out of consciousness, and mother administered Narcan. S.P. subsequently tested positive for amphetamines, cocaine, and fentanyl, and mother was arrested for child endangerment (Pen. Code, § 273a). The petition also alleged that Mother had failed to protect S.P. based on the same incident, and that she was unable to provide care for S.P. due to her dependency on controlled substances and lack of stable housing, describing an incident in December 2023 in which Mother was unable to refrigerate S.P.’s medication for an ear infection and a March 2023 referral in which law enforcement found S.P. laying down on a bed close to drug paraphernalia. The petition also alleged, pursuant to section…