In re Christian L.
In this juvenile dependency case, the juvenile court gave notice to the Bureau of Indian Affairs when one parent reported her possible Indian ancestry with an “unknown tribe”; however, when that parent later identified a specific Indian tribe, the court did not give notice to that specific tribe. The other parent argues in this appeal that this was error under the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.). The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) concedes this was error. We agree. Accordingly, we conditionally remand this matter to the juvenile court to give the appropriate notice.
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