In re S.S. CA1/2
O.H. (Mother) appeals from the juvenile court order terminating her parental rights to her son, S.S. (Minor). Arguing that the court erred in not applying the relative placement preference at disposition, Mother asks us to order that Minor be placed in the home of his aunt T.S. Mother also argues that the juvenile court violated the inquiry and notice requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.), and that the matter should be remanded for compliance with ICWA. We conclude that Mother forfeited her claim of error as to relative placement by failing to raise the issue in the juvenile court, and that her ICWA claim has merit. Therefore, we will remand the matter for the limited purpose of compliance with ICWA.
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