A.B. v. Superior Court CA1/4
After A.B. (Mother) gave birth to O.B. in December 2017, both tested positive for methamphetamine (meth), leading the Contra Costa County Children’s and Family Services Bureau (the bureau) to detain O.B. Since then, O.B. has been diagnosed with a congenital heart condition that requires regular monitoring. Mother now petitions for extraordinary writ review of a November 2018 order terminating her reunification services, reducing her visitation with O.B., and setting a permanency-planning hearing under Welfare and Institutions Code section 336.26. Mother contends that no substantial evidence supports the juvenile court’s finding that she failed to make substantive progress in her treatment plan or its finding that there was no substantial probability she could safely resume custody of O.B. by the 12-month permanency-hearing date of February 8, 2019. Because substantial evidence does support those findings, and Mother has not shown that the court abused its discretion in reducing he
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