In Re Levi U.

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78 Cal. App. 4th 191·92 Cal. Rptr. 2d 648
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaFebruary 4, 2000C032196California3,477 words

Opinion

Opinion

Robin W. (appellant), the mother of Levi (the minor), appeals from orders of the juvenile court adjudging the minor a dependent child of the court and denying her reunification services. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 360, subd. (d), 395; further undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.) Appellant contends the Butte County Children's Services Division (CSD) violated the notice requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act (the Act). ( 25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.) Appellant also claims the court abused its discretion in denying her reunification services, violating her due process rights. We disagree with each of those contentions and shall affirm the orders.

BACKGROUND

On January 7, 1999, CSD filed a section 300 petition on behalf of the 10-day-old minor. That petition alleged appellant had substance abuse and mental health problems "dat[ing] back to at least 1991." According to the petition, on January 5, 1999, appellant tested positive for the presence of methamphetamine and marijuana in her system.

According to the detention hearing report, in 1990 CSD detained a sibling of Levi's, Megan, after she was born testing positive for illegal…

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