In re L.J. CA2/7
In this dependency case involving siblings Z.G., L.J., N.J., and K.J., the biological father of the latter three children, P.J., appeals from a juvenile court order denying his petition, filed pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 388, seeking a determination he was the presumed father of all four children and an order awarding him custody of them. The children’s mother, Jessica J., appeals from a subsequent order terminating jurisdiction over L.J., whom the juvenile court had removed from Jessica’s custody and placed with L.J.’s presumed father, V.D. P.J. and Jessica contend the juvenile court and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services failed to comply with the inquiry and notice requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.) and related California law. We agree, remand to allow the Department and the juvenile court to remedy those failures, and otherwise conditionally affirm the orders.
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