In re Abigail T. CA5

STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND FACTS

Because mother raises only ICWA issues, we limit our background discussion to a brief sketch of the proceedings which brought the family into dependency.2 We set out a more detailed timeline of ICWA proceedings. On February 25, 2022, the Merced County Human Services Agency (agency) filed a section 300 petition alleging S.G., Abigail and Penelope3 fell within the provisions of subdivision (b) due to mother’s untreated substance abuse, mental health issues, a domestic violence history which exposed her children to domestic violence, and issues relating to supervision of her children. A previous dependency case in 2019 involving S.G. and Abigail had similar issues of drug use, an unsanitary home, untreated mental

All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions code unless otherwise stated. We summarize the facts pertaining to the dependency case from our unpublished denial of mother’s writ petition (T.G. v. Superior Court (Dec. 12, 2024, F086994) [nonpub. opn.]). We separately add references to ICWA issues now raised on appeal that mother, as a pro. per., did not argue in her writ petition. O.G. and Michael…