In re S.S. CA2/3
Appellants Stephen S. (father) and J.G. (mother) (collectively parents) appeal from the juvenile court’s order terminating their parental rights on the sole ground the notice and inquiry provisions required by the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.) and related California law were insufficient. Father contends respondent Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) provided defective notice under ICWA when it listed the paternal great-grandfather in the incorrect location on the required form. Father also contends the Department failed in its “continuing duty” of inquiry under California law when mother notified the juvenile court after the hearing on termination of parental rights had been set that she “may have American Indian heritage” and wanted to ask her grandparents.
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