In re J.D. CA2/3
Mother Veronica D. appeals from the juvenile court’s orders terminating her parental rights to her children J.D. (born July 2014) and R.D. (born July 2016). Mother contends the orders must be reversed because the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) failed to comply with its duty of initial inquiry under state law (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 224 et seq.) implementing the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.) when it did not ask extended family members if the children had Indian ancestry. We agree with mother that section 224.2, subdivision (b) (section 224.2(b)) required the Department to interview identified and available maternal extended family members. It did not.
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