when
mother was pregnant with Amir (Amir was born in October 2011), and remained
incarcerated until April 20, 2012. Mother brought Amir to visit father three or four
times while he was incarcerated. Since his release in April 2012, father visited
Amir only once, on June 24, 2012 (two days before the contested disposition
hearing).
      Father appeared at the contested disposition hearing. The court ordered that
a visitation schedule be set up for mother and father. The court also ordered the
Department to evaluate father’s housing and gave the Department discretion to
release Amir to father. The court then continued the disposition hearing to August
28, 2012 to allow the Department to file a supplemental report addressing whether
the Department could find a placement for Amir closer to mother and father.
     In its report filed for the continued hearing, the Department reported on its
evaluation of father’s housing. It stated that the CSW visited the home at which
father rented a room, and observed that there was a bed, a crib, a television, and
sofa in father’s room. The CSW also noted that there were six people living in the
home: father, two couples, and the daughter of one of the couples. The CSW,
however, expressed concerns that mother might be living with father. She noted
that when she initially went to the home, she spoke with a man standing on the
porch, who responded to her statement that she was there to see father by saying,
“Oh, they just stepped out,” and asking if “they” were expecting her. Also, when
she called father, a