Butte County Children's Services Division v. Robin W.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Davis, J.
Robin W. (appellant), the mother of Levi U. (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.
Factual and Procedural 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 *194 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…