In re R.J. CA5
M.V. (mother), appeals from the Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 order, issued on March 15, 2017, terminating her parental rights to her children, R.J., born in 2012, and S.J., born in 2014. Mother’s only challenge on appeal is that the juvenile court failed to comply with the inquiry and notice requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.). The error is alleged to have occurred during the jurisdiction and disposition phase of this case, which was concluded in September of 2015. Under California law, mother is permitted to raise this challenge now, despite not having raised the issue in an appeal from the disposition order at the time. (See In re Isaiah W. (2016) 1 Cal.5th 1, 6.) We affirm.
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