In re A.D. CA1/3
In 2017, Contra Costa County Children and Family Services Bureau (Bureau) filed a petition alleging minor child, A.D., suffered or was at substantial risk of suffering serious physical harm or illness because P.M. (mother) had a history of serious substance abuse that interfered with her ability to parent. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300, subd. (b)(1); subsequent statutory references are to this code.) The Bureau asked mother and D.D. (father) whether A.D. had any Indian heritage — an inquiry required under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA; 25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.),
a statute establishing minimum standards that state courts must follow before removing an Indian child from their family. (25 U.S.C. § 1903(4); § 224.1, subds. (a)–(b); In re T.G. (2020) 58 Cal.App.5th 275, 287.) Both denied A.D. had Indian heritage. On that basis, the Bureau’s social worker reported A.D. had no known Indian ancestry.
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