Judge increases supervised visits to 2 hours for child Dralin; department remains temporary managing conservator

A judge in the High Plains Child Protection Court continued custody of a young child identified as Dralin with the department as temporary managing conservator and increased the parents' supervised visitation to two hours per week, the court said during a review hearing conducted by Zoom.

The decision follows a caseworker update that both parents are submitting to drug testing, that the father screened negative on a urine analysis on March 7 and that the mother, Ashley Turner, had a hair-follicle test that remained positive but at a low level. "It was still positive, but she's only 60 days out from her sober date. But it was a low number, I think, 1,700," the caseworker reported. The judge said he would expand visitation as long as testing trends remain favorable.

The court's finding matters because the increased visitation is a…