In re R.T. CA2/8
These proceedings commenced in 2019 after police found one-month-old A.B. and two-year-old R.T. in the care of an unrelated probationer in a hotel room where narcotics were easily accessible to the Children. The police notified DCFS. Later that evening, Mother told a child social worker (the CSW) that Father B. was the father of A.B. and Father T. was the father of R.T.
DCFS proceeded to investigate the Children’s family situation. In the course of this investigation, the CSW communicated with all three Parents as well as members of their respective extended families. Although the CSW completed ICWA 010(A) forms indicating that each Parent had “denied Native American Heritage,” there is no record that she inquired as to such heritage with any Parent’s extended family members.
Based on its investigation, DCFS filed a failure to protect petition against each of the parents and obtained removal orders.
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