In re M.M. CA2/6

Filed 12/15/20 In re M.M. CA2/6 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 SIX

In re M.M., a Person Coming 2d Juv. No. B306644 Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Super. Ct. No. 18JV00200) (Santa Barbara County)

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CHILD WELFARE SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

R.Q.,

Defendant and Appellant.

R.Q. (Mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating parental rights to her minor daughter, M.M., and selecting adoption as the permanent plan. (Welf. & Inst. Code,1 § 366.26.) She contends the termination order must be vacated

1 Further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

because the court failed to comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY In May 2018, the juvenile court detained M.M. after Santa Barbara County Child Welfare Services (the County) showed that Mother had failed to protect M.M. and had abused her siblings. At the detention hearing, Mother told the court that she may have Pomo ancestry. She believed that her ancestral tribe’s reservation was located in northern California. The County initiated an ICWA inquiry the day after the hearing. From the records in Mother’s previous dependency cases it found the names, addresses, birthdates, and phone numbers of several of Mother’s relatives. Those records specified that Mother’s adoptive father, S.Q., was a member of the Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians, and listed his enrollment number. The records also indicated that the Robinson Rancheria had determined that Mother’s other children were not eligible for enrollment in the tribe. The County located obituaries for two of S.Q.’s half- sisters, P.T. and L.Q. P.T.’s obituary included her dates of birth and death, and an assertion that she was the “last of the full- blood Pomo Nation of Lake County.” L.Q.’s obituary included the dates and locations of her birth and death, and said that she led her “entire” family’s fight against disenrollment from the Robinson Rancheria. It also stated that L.Q. had “Eastern Pomo” ancestry. The County later spoke with S.Q.’s brother and sister-in-law, M.Q. and D.Q. M.Q. said that he was a member of the Robinson Rancheria and provided his enrollment number. He also said that his mother, M.B., had been a member of the