In re Angel M. CA2/3
In this appeal from an order terminating parental rights, mother contends the juvenile court committed reversible error by failing to provide the notification required by the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.) and related California statutes (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 224 et seq.). We conclude that because the juvenile court had been advised of the child’s possible Apache or Choctaw ancestry, notice of the dependency proceedings should have been given to those tribes and to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). We therefore conditionally reverse the termination order and remand for compliance with ICWA’s notice requirements.
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