In re K.W. CA4/1
S.W. (Mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s orders terminating parental rights and ordering her son, K.W., be placed for adoption. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26.) She contends the juvenile court erred when it found that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.) did not apply because the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (Agency) violated its initial duty of inquiry pursuant to section 224.2, subdivision (b), by not asking the reporting party, the paternal grandmother, and the maternal grandmother whether K.W. has Indian ancestry. The Agency contends that it conducted a sufficient inquiry. To support its contention that additional inquiry is unnecessary, the Agency requests that we augment the record to include prior juvenile court records involving the same parents and K.W.’s sibling, D.H. As we shall discuss, we deny the augmentation request, conclude that the Agency conducted an insufficient initial inquiry, and conditionally reverse the
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