In re A.P. CA2/5
Mother and father have two children (born 2011 and 2018). On December 31, 2018, DCFS filed a two-count section 300 petition, requesting the court take jurisdiction over the children. The petition, which was later amended in May 2019, alleged that mother’s mental and emotional problems, and failure to consistently participate in mental health treatment and take prescribed psychotropic medications rendered mother periodically incapable of providing appropriate care and supervision for the children. It alleged father’s ongoing incarceration prevented him from providing for the children’s life necessities. DCFS attached ICWA-010(A) forms to the petition showing the social worker questioned mother on December 27, 2018 about her ancestry, and mother reported “no known Indian ancestry.”
On January 29, 2019, DCFS detained the children in foster care.
On February 1, 2019, mother completed ICWA-020 forms, reporting she had no known Indian ancestry.
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