In re K.C. CA2/1
Because mother’s only contention on appeal is that the trial court erred when it concluded that ICWA did not apply based on an insufficient initial inquiry regarding K.C.’s potential Indian ancestry, we include here only facts related to that contention.
K.C. came to the attention of DCFS in January 2021 when he tested positive for amphetamines at birth. Mother told hospital staff and the DCFS social worker who first interviewed her that she lived with K.C.’s maternal aunt, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Mother and father did not live in the same home, and father did not live with any relative. During her first interview with DCFS, mother “denied having any American Indian heritage.”
Mother has five other children, each of whom has been the subject of DCFS and juvenile court intervention. Mother’s first, second, and third children now live with the biological father of the second and third children.
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