California Unpublished Stipulated Complete Lack of Notice Case

Kate Fort

Here. The Department and trial court ignored federal law, state law, the new Guidelines, and the proposed Regulations:

In September 2013, paternal grandmother indicated that the child may have ancestry in the Soboba Indian Tribe. There is no indication of notice to the Soboba Indian Tribe in the record. Regardless, at the detention hearing held September 18, 2013, the juvenile court found that ICWA did not apply.
The court terminated father’s parental rights as to L.C. at the Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 hearing.

Fourth District, Riverside County.