In re M.B. CA2/4
APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Joshua D. Wayser, Judge. Dismissed in part and conditionally affirmed and remanded with directions in part. Ashley F. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdiction findings and disposition orders removing her son M.B. and her daughter S. T. from her custody. Her sole contention is that the juvenile court and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) failed to comply with the inquiry and notice requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.; ICWA) and California’s parallel statutory scheme. As to S.T., we agree that the Department failed to comply with ICWA’s inquiry and notice requirements, remand the matter to allow the Department and the juvenile court to remedy that violation of federal and state law, and otherwise conditionally affirm the order. As to M.B., we dismiss because mother has abandoned the appeal as to her son.
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