The Colorado Court of Appeals vacated a judgment that terminated parental rights of an Indian family for violation of ICWA’s notice provisions. See opinion here in People in the Interest of N.D.C.

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P.R.D. (mother) appeals from the judgment terminating her parent-child legal relationship with her daughter, N.D.C. She asserts the judgment should be reversed because (1) the Denver Department of Human Services (the department) did not send notice to her tribe, the Oglala Sioux (the tribe), in compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901 to 1963 (2001); and (2) the juvenile court did not comply with several substantive provisions of the ICWA. We conclude (1) the department erred by not filing the notices or the return receipt cards with the court and such errors were not harmless because there was no evidence in the record that the tribe knew mother was an enrolled tribal member or had lived on the reservation; and (2) the subsequent notices sent by the department did not comply with the ICWA.