In Re Robert T.

Devon T. appeals from an order and judgment terminating parental rights to her son, Robert, under Civil Code section 232, subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(7). Robert was born to 15-year-old Devon on April 27, 1981. Mauricio M. (aka Mauricio A.), Robert’s father, is of Mexican-American descent. Devon is of American Indian and Eskimo descent; both Devon and Robert are enrolled members of the Santo Domingo Tribe. Robert is thus an “Indian child” within the meaning of 25 United States Code section 1903 (4), and this case falls under the aegis of the Indian Child Welfare Act (Act), 25 United States Code section 1901 et seq.

Devon alleges that the court failed to comply with certain provisions of the Act. Specifically, she claims it erred in refusing to grant the Santo Domingo Tribe’s petition to transfer jurisdiction of the proceedings to the tribal court ( 25 U.S.C. § 1911 (b)), and that the court’s placement of Robert with his foster-adoptive parents violated 25 United States Code section 1915 . We find no error and affirm.

The judgment and order terminating appellant’s parental rights, from which this appeal arises, was filed on April 3, 1986. A brief chronicle of the…