In re Ella H. CA4/1
At birth, Ella tested positive for amphetamines and showed withdrawal symptoms. Ella’s father N.W. (Father) told a social worker that Mother might have “ ‘slipped up’ ” and used methamphetamine toward the end of her pregnancy. Mother acknowledged using methamphetamine up until the fourth or fifth month of her pregnancy, but said she was not sure how she and Ella tested positive for amphetamines when Ella was born. She would later admit relapsing the night before Ella’s birth.
The Agency filed a petition under section 300, subdivision (b). Ella was removed from Mother’s custody and placed in the care of her paternal grandparents. Twenty-nine at the time of Ella’s birth, Mother admitted to the social worker that she had used drugs since the age of 14 and struggled with sobriety ever since.
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