California Court of Appeal

Remanding a case in which the parental rights of a father were terminated as to his children because the family claimed the mother was a Native American, which would have triggered the Indian Child Welfare Act's requirements, and although the tribe she claimed membership in didn't directly correspond with a federally recognized Indian tribe there should have been a better investigation.

Appellate Information

• Published 2018/01/22

Judges

• PERLUSS

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel