In re N.A. CA2/8
N.L., the mother of N.A., challenges an order terminating her parental rights based on the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.) (the Act) and related state law. On the maternal side, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services inquired of the maternal grandmother and attempted to communicate with other family members. Any deficient inquiry was harmless due to the Department’s other investigative efforts involving maternal family members. On the paternal side, under the facts of this case, the Department had no duty to inquire of an alleged father, R.A., who never appeared in the case and made no official action to prove a biological connection with N.A. Lastly, there was no reason to know N.A. was an Indian child, therefore there was no deficiency in formal notice. We affirm.
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In December 2018, a court terminated the mother’s parental rights over four children, N.A.’s siblings or half siblings.
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