California Court of Appeal

Termination of parental rights based on noncompliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act is reversed where ICWA notices failed to include sufficient information that would allow the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Cherokee tribes to determine child's membership or eligibility for membership.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/17/2006
• Published 05/18/2006

Judges

• HUFFMAN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrea Renee St. Julian, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, San Diego, for the Minor.


• For Appellees:
  
• Monica Vogelmann, San Diego, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., John J. Sansone, County Counsel, Susan Strom, Chief Deputy County Counsel, L. David Casey, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.