In re F.T.
In 2013, when this dependency was filed, F.T. was two. In 2017, when parental rights were terminated, he was six. He is still six as of the date of this opinion. The mother has six children. The oldest four — all girls — have the same father. F.T. is her fifth child; he has a different father. In 2015, while this dependency was pending, the mother gave birth to her sixth child, another boy, by yet another father. In April 2013, the mother and her then-boyfriend were found in possession of marijuana, under circumstances indicating the intent to sell; they were arrested. When the Department investigated, it developed evidence that the mother was abusing methamphetamine and alcohol, the mother was unemployed, the mother had a history of choosing boyfriends with criminal records, the girls’ father had committed domestic violence against the mother, and the girls’ father had sexually abused one of the girls.
As a result, the Department detained the children and filed a depe
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