In re L.S. CA2/5
Opinion
Opinion
Kim, J.
I. INTRODUCTION
R.D. (mother) appeals from an order terminating her parental rights over her children, older child (born in 2008) and younger child (born in 2009). Mother seeks a reversal and remand for compliance with the inquiry and notice requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA; 25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.) and related California statutes (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 224 et seq.).1 We affirm.
II. BACKGROUND2
La.S. is older child’s presumed father and F.H. is younger child’s alleged father. Mother has another child, L.K. (born in
Further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.
Because the sole issue on appeal concerns the juvenile court’s and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services’s (the Department) compliance with ICWA and related California law, we limit our recitation of facts to those relevant to that compliance issue, except as is necessary for context.
2 2002), who resided in Atlanta, Georgia with her father, whose whereabouts were unknown. On April 4, 2019, the Department filed a dependency petition for the children. At the detention hearing on April 5, 2019, mother filed a Parental Notification…