Sacramento County Department of Health & Human Services v. Tammi G.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Butz, J.
Tammi G., the paternal grandmother and de facto parent of minors Michael A. and Austin A., appeals from an order removing the minors *663 from her custody. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 387.) 1 Appellant contends (1) the order must be reversed because of failures to comply with the inquiry and notice provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) ( 25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.) and (2) the order improperly delegated to respondent Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) complete discretion to decide whether appellant would receive visitation with the minors. We conclude that both contentions are procedurally barred: Appellant lacks standing to raise her first contention, and her second contention is forfeited for failure to object to the court’s visitation order. Therefore, we shall affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Because appellant’s contentions do not require us to discuss the case’s history in depth, we give only an abbreviated summary of relevant facts and procedure.
The minors (Austin A., bom in April 2001, and Michael A., bom in September 2003) were detained in August 2004.