J.S. v. D.S.

THIGPEN, Judge.

This is a child custody case.

There were two children born of this marriage, one in 1985 and the other in 1987. The parents separated in May 1988 and the mother moved with the children from their home in Oregon to California. That same year, the mother was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. The mother was in jail for approximately one and one-half weeks, after which she appeared before a judge and the charges were dropped on the condition that she enter a drug rehabilitation program.

*945During the time the mother was incarcerated, the father and the paternal…