In re G.E.
In June 2007 a few days after G.E.'s birth, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (the Agency) filed a juvenile dependency petition and she was detained in foster care. According to the jurisdictional and dispositional report filed on July 25, G.E.'s mother, C.E., said she had Native American heritage through the Cherokee tribes. Additionally, the maternal grandmother said they might have Native American heritage and would forward the information to the social worker once she had contacted her relatives.
The dispositional judgment is reversed. This case is remanded to the juvenile court, with directions to conduct an ICWA inquiry, direct the Agency to give ICWA notice to any applicable Indian entities, and proceed in conformance with ICWA. If, after inquiry and notice, no tribe indicates G.E. is an Indian child, the court shall reinstate the judgment. The remittitur is to issue forthwith.
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