In re P.V. CA3

background summary to the ICWA-related facts and procedure unless otherwise relevant to the issue on appeal.

2 On August 27, 2020, the juvenile court ordered the matter transferred to Sacramento County. Sacramento County Proceedings The Sacramento County Juvenile Court found there was insufficient information to determine if the minor was an Indian child and, based on the information provided, ordered the Department to conduct further inquiry as required by the ICWA. On October 6, 2020, the Department filed a declaration regarding its ICWA investigation, reporting that its attempts to contact mother were unsuccessful, and its contact with the paternal great-grandmother revealed she knew nothing about the minor’s possible Indian ancestry. The Department also confirmed the tribe in which mother and the minor were enrolled ⸺ the Western Cherokee Nation ⸺ was not a federally recognized tribe and therefore no notice was necessary as to mother. The Department’s transfer-in report referred the court to its previously filed ICWA declaration but gave no further information regarding the ICWA inquiry efforts. The report noted the social worker contacted several of the parents’ previously…