In re S.S.

facts relevant to that issue.

2 Manual R. denied being S.S.’s father and said he ended his relationship with Mother more than two years earlier. He said that Mother had previously told him that S.S.’s father was in jail or prison, but she never told him the father’s name. On December 6, 2019, DCFS filed a juvenile dependency petition under section 300, subdivision (b), alleging that Mother had been arrested and had no plan for S.S.’s ongoing care and supervision. The petition included a statement on Judicial Council form ICWA-010 (Jan. 1, 2008) that a social worker had “made” an “Indian child inquiry,” and that S.S. “has no known Indian ancestry.” Mother did not appear at a detention hearing held on December 9, 2019. The court detained S.S. and placed her in DCFS custody. The court ordered monitored visitation for Mother if she contacted DCFS to request visits. The court deferred the “determination of ICWA status . . . for the parents[’] appearance.” DCFS placed S.S. in foster care with someone who remained her caregiver throughout the proceedings and whom the court subsequently granted de facto parent status and identified as the prospective adoptive parent. On December 16,…