In re M.B. CA4/2
K.M. (mother) appeals from juvenile court orders terminating parental rights to her five children, R.B., K.B., S.B., B.B., and M.B., pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26. (All additional undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.) Mother’s only argument for reversal is that the San Bernardino County Department of Children and Family Services (CFS) did not comply with its duty to adequately investigate the children’s possible American Indian heritage and to provide adequate notice of the juvenile court proceedings to the relevant Indian tribes, as mandated by the Indian Child Welfare Act. (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.; ICWA.) In particular, mother argues (1) CFS did not interview family members to obtain information about the children’s maternal grandfather (A.M.) and maternal great-grandmother (B.M.), who was supposedly “full Cherokee,” and (2) the information about A.M. and B.M. provided to Indian tribes was incomplete.
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