In re O.R.
Appellant Nicole R. (Mother) challenges the juvenile dependency court’s finding that her child J.F. Jr. was not an Indian child within the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). She specifically contends that the Department of Children and Family Services (the “Departmentâ€) failed to satisfy ICWA’s inquiry and notice requirements of the Act, and therefore the court’s determination that ICWA did not apply is infirm. As we shall explain, the Department’s inquiry into the Indian heritage of the child was sufficient, however, the ICWA notice did contain several errors. Nonetheless, under the circumstances the errors are harmless as they pertained to individuals who, by parents’ admission, were not enrolled or registered in any tribe. Accordingly, we affirm.
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