In re Grace G. CA2/8

Filed 10/30/15 In re Grace G. CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

In re GRACE G., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. B263130

LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND Super. Ct. No. CK72230) FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

ROCHELLE G.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Steven R. Klaif, Referee. Affirmed.

Daniel G. Rooney, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, Dawyn R. Harrison, Assistant County Counsel, Peter Ferrera, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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Rochelle G. (mother) appeals from a juvenile court order terminating her parental rights under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26.1 The only issue mother raises on appeal is whether the trial court erred in failing to order the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Families (DCFS) to provide notice of the proceedings to the Blackfoot Indian Tribe pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA; 25 U.S.C. § 1901, et seq.). We find no error and affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND In light of the sole issue raised on appeal, we only briefly summarize the factual background of the underlying proceedings. We discussed this background in a previous appeal in this matter (In re Grace G. (Mar. 27, 2015, B257227) [nonpub. opn.]).2 Grace was born in March 2013. Mother was incarcerated at the time. Grace was born with several critical medical problems and was later diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Grace is mother’s tenth child. Mother had either lost or relinquished custody of all nine of her other children. She knew Grace’s father only as “Keith,” and had no other information about him. Mother had a long history of drug abuse, mental illness, and an inability to adequately care for her children. On March 10, 2015, the juvenile court terminated mother’s parental rights. ICWA Proceedings In a March 2013 detention report, DCFS reported mother said she was in the process of getting blood work done to confirm her Native American heritage. She said her grandfather was Native American, but she did not know the tribe. The same month, mother completed a Parental Notification of Indian Status form on which she indicated her grandmother’s uncle, “Uncle Joe,” who lived in Altadena, was a member of the Blackfoot tribe. At the detention hearing, mother, through counsel, indicated she did not know if she was eligible to be an enrolled member in the Blackfoot tribe. The court