Opinion ID: 1437603
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Evidence of Drug-Related Activity In Child's Home Environment After Provision of Intervention and Services

Text: Although there was no evidence of current drug-related activity in the parents' home, the trial court weighed this factor heavily against them because of their prior history of drug abuse. The statute deals explicitly with evidence that drug-related activity continues to exist in a child's home environment after intervention and services have been provided.  D.C.Code § 16-2353(b)(5) (emphasis added). That provision further states that [e]vidence of continued drug-activity shall be given great weight. Id. S.E.L. testified that both she and her husband entered a methadone treatment program in April, eight months prior to the hearing. She testified that she had not been faithful to other treatment programs in the past, but that she was being faithful to the one she was currently using. [12] She also testified that to her knowledge, the father was also no longer using drugs. The trial court credited the mother's testimony on the subject, and there was no evidence that drug-related activity continued to exist in the parents' home. [13]