In re A.L. CA2/1
Mother Karla E. appeals from the juvenile court’s March 12, 2021, dispositional orders removing her three children, A.L., David S. Jr. (David), and D.S. from her custody, due, in part, to Mother’s substance abuse. Mother argues there was insufficient evidence to demonstrate a substantial risk of injury to the children, especially in light of the fact that between February 2021 and the dispositional hearing the following month, she was able to care for a newborn son, Da., without incident. Neither A.L.’s father, Clifton L., or David and D.S.’s father, David S. Sr. (David Sr.), is a party to this appeal.
We conclude the juvenile court did not err in removing the children from Mother’s custody. The record demonstrates Mother’s longstanding and continuing use of methamphetamines. In 2014, she tested positive for methamphetamines at A.L.’s birth. She tested positive for methamphetamines again in 2017 at David’s birth.
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