In re Jordan W. CA4/1

BACKGROUND

In April 2012, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (the

Agency) filed dependency petitions for nine-year-old Jordan and one-year-old C.N. The

petitions alleged the boys were exposed to violent confrontations between Margaret and

C.N.'s father, Martin N. The boys were detained in Polinsky Children's Center. Less

than two weeks later, Jordan was moved to the home of his paternal grandmother and

C.N. was moved to the home of a nonrelative extended family member. The boys

remained in these homes for the remainder of the case.

In May 2012, the court entered true findings on the petitions, ordered Jordan

placed with a relative and C.N. placed with a nonrelative extended family member and

ordered reunification services. At the 12-month hearing in July 2013, the court

2 terminated services and set a section 366.26 hearing. The section 366.26 hearing took

place in January and February 2014.

ICWA

According to the detention report, Martin said he might have Native American

heritage with the Blackfeet Tribe, but he was not a registered member of the tribe. On

the day of the detention hearing, Martin filed an ICWA-020 form (Cal. Rules of…