and the foster parents to change the visitation schedule from twice weekly two-hour visits to weekly four-hour visits on Saturdays, in order to accommodate mother’s work schedule. Mother maintained consistent visitation and her visits remained monitored. By July 2015, mother had obtained employment and was living with her sister. She completed a parenting course and a one-year drug treatment program, and had connected with a sponsor. She felt ready for unmonitored visits, but the Department had not yet liberalized the visits because mother had three no-shows and one positive drug test, scattered amongst 18 negative drug tests. The social worker observed that mother struggled to control her anger when she was upset. The Department recommended continued reunification services, as mother was highly motivated, but needed more time to demonstrate full compliance. By the time the Department prepared a last minute information in September 2015, mother had missed four of five drug tests, and so the Department recommended against liberalizing her visitation. At the 12-month review hearing, the court found mother in partial compliance with her case plan, ordered continued family reunification services, and granted the Department the discretion to liberalize mother’s visits to be unmonitored. In October and November 2015, mother missed almost all of her drug tests, testing negative only once, and testing positive for amphetamines and methamphetamines twice. She maintained visitation, except for a three-week period
and the foster parents to change the visitation schedule from twice weekly two-hour visits to weekly four-hour visits on Saturdays, in order to accommodate mother’s work schedule. Mother maintained consistent visitation and her visits remained monitored. By July 2015, mother had obtained employment and was living with her sister. She completed a parenting course and a one-year drug treatment program, and had connected with a sponsor. She felt ready for unmonitored visits, but the Department had not yet liberalized the visits because mother had three no-shows and one positive drug test, scattered amongst 18 negative drug tests. The social worker observed that mother struggled to control her anger when she was upset. The Department recommended continued reunification services, as mother was highly motivated, but needed more time to demonstrate full compliance. By the time the Department prepared a last minute information in September 2015, mother had missed four of five drug tests, and so the Department recommended against liberalizing her visitation. At the 12-month review hearing, the court found mother in partial compliance with her case plan, ordered continued family reunification services, and granted the Department the discretion to liberalize mother’s visits to be unmonitored. In October and November 2015, mother missed almost all of her drug tests, testing negative only once, and testing positive for amphetamines and methamphetamines twice. She maintained visitation, except for a three-week period
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