In re A.H.
This appeal has been taken by Alicia, the mother of the minor A.H., from an order following a dispositional hearing that declared A.H. a dependent child, removed her from the parents’ custody and placed her with respondent Mendocino County Health and Human Services Agency (respondent or the Agency) in foster care, with reunification services granted to the parents.[1] The mother argues that the juvenile court and the Agency failed to give proper notice in the case as required by the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). She also claims that under the ICWA and corresponding California law the trial court erred by failing to transfer the proceeding to a tribal court, and the Agency erred by failing to adhere to specified statutory placement preferences. We find that no prejudicial error is associated with the ICWA notice sent by the Agency. We further find that the trial court was prohibited from transferring the case to a tribal court, and no violation of placement preferences occurred. We therefore affirm the judgment.
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