In re B.J. CA4/2
Both mother, A.J., and father, M.J., appeal from a judgment terminating their parental rights respecting B.J., who was removed when a few days old after being born with methamphetamine in his system. When the dependency was initiated, father informed the social worker and executed a form indicating possible Native American ancestry, but because B.J. was the seventh child born to and removed from the parents’ custody, and freed for adoption, the juvenile court determined that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) did not apply based on findings in the sibling cases, denied reunification services pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code, section 361.5, subdivision (b), and set a hearing to select and implement a permanent plan of adoption. After parental rights were terminated, both parents appealed.
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