In re G.S. CA2/4
Appellant Marisa M. appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights to her daughter G.S. (born in June 2020). G.S.’s alleged father, Harold S. (Alleged Father), is not a party to this appeal; his whereabouts and contact information remained unknown throughout the proceedings below, despite diligent efforts to locate him by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Appellant attested to DCFS and the juvenile court that she and Alleged Father had no Indian ancestry, and denied that G.S. was or might have been an Indian child. Nevertheless, on appeal, appellant contends DCFS and the court prejudicially failed to comply with the inquiry requirements of state law related to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), because DCFS failed to ask unspecified extended family members whether -- contrary to appellant’s own representations -- appellant or Alleged Father had Indian ancestry.
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