In re A.R. CA4/3
M.G. (Mother) appeals from the judgment terminating her parental rights to her 11 year old daughter, A.R., and her 10 year old son, C.R., and placing them in a permanent plan of adoption by their paternal grandparents. M.G. does not challenge the merits of the order; instead, she argues it must be reversed because the Orange County Social Services Agency (SSA) failed to conduct an inquiry into whether the children had Native American ancestry, as required by the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.; ICWA).
County counsel concedes SSA erred in failing to comply with ICWA but contends the judgment should nonetheless be affirmed because Mother failed to make any showing that her children may have Native American ancestry, and she has thus failed to demonstrate the error resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice in this case.
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