California Court of Appeal

Once the Department of Human Services makes the requisite showing of its compliance with the notice requirements of 25 U.S.C. section 1912(a), any party claiming the Department did not do enough to investigate the possibility that the child is Indian and thus entitled to the protections afforded by the Indian Child Welfare Act must raise that issue in the juvenile court for a hearing thereon.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/08/2004
• Published 04/08/2004

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher Blake, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, San Diego, for Defendant and Appellant., B.C. Barmann, Sr., County Counsel, and Susan M. Gill, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.