In re E.C. CA2/2

Filed 6/3/25 In re E.C. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

In re E.C. at al., Persons B341904, B342196 Coming Under the Juvenile (Los Angeles County Court Law. Super. Ct. No. 21CCJP03306A-B)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

D.O. et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEALS from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Marguerite D. Downing, Judge. Affirmed.

Anne E. Fragasso, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant D.O. Paul Couenhoven, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant L.C. Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Aileen Wong, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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L.C. (mother) challenges the juvenile court’s orders terminating parental rights to her daughters, S.M. and E.C., who have different fathers. Mother’s sole contention is that the trial court erred in finding compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.; Welf. & Inst. Code, § 224 et seq.1) because the ICWA inquiry was inadequate as to the fathers. D.O., E.C.’s father, joins mother’s ICWA challenge. Because sufficient evidence supports the court’s finding, we affirm. BACKGROUND 1. The Family Mother has two daughters, S.M. and E.C. (children), and a son A.M., who is not the subject of this appeal. J.M. is the father of S.M. and A.M., and D.O. is E.C.’s father. Mother met both when she lived in Connecticut, which is where the fathers remain. Mother suffers from psychiatric disorders and substance abuse, and has a history of domestic violence with J.M. A dependency case was opened in Connecticut based on this