In re K’Na W. CA2/3
K.W. (father) appeals from the juvenile court’s orders terminating his parental rights to his four children, K’na M. (born June 2009), Kav. M. (born July 2011), K’on M. (born August 2012), and Kel. M. (born September 2014). Father, who was not an offending parent and who was incarcerated in Arizona throughout the duration of the underlying proceedings, contends the juvenile court erred in terminating his parental rights for the following reasons: (1) the court failed to consider whether Arizona was the children’s home state for jurisdictional purposes under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA); (2) the court never made a finding that it would be detrimental to return the children to father’s custody before terminating father’s parental rights; and (3) the court failed to comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) when it never inquired into whether father had American Indian ancestry.
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