In re T.G. CA4/1
M.G. (Father) appeals from an order issued at the contested disposition hearing where the juvenile court denied his request for reunification services and found without prejudice that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA; 25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.) did not apply. Counsel for Father and the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (Agency, together the parties) have conferred and agree that the Agency’s investigation under the ICWA was inadequate under the relevant statutory and decisional authority. The parties filed a joint stipulation seeking the issuance of an immediate remittitur. We accept the stipulation, conditionally reverse, and remand for compliance with the ICWA.
In July 2021, Father initially told a social worker that he had no Native American heritage but later disclosed possible Cherokee heritage in his maternal and paternal lineages. Mother, A.M., claimed possible Cherokee ancestry through the maternal great-great-grandmother.
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