In re R.P CA2/1

Filed 12/20/22 In re R.P CA2/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 ONE

In re R.P. et al., Persons B318975 Coming Under the Juvenile (Los Angeles County Court Law. Super. Ct. No. 18LJJP00024)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

KIMBERLY S.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order terminating parental rights of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Donald A. Buddle, Jr., Judge. Conditionally affirmed.

Megan Turkat Schirn, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Dawyn Harrison, Acting County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Melania Vartanian, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________

In these dependency proceedings, mother, Kimberly S., appeals from the order terminating her parental rights. Mother argues we must remand this matter to the juvenile court for additional proceedings consistent with the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.; ICWA) and related California law. We agree. We conditionally affirm the order terminating parental rights and remand for the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to conduct an inquiry of maternal relatives as to the children’s potential Indian ancestry.

BACKGROUND We summarize only those facts pertinent to the limited scope of this appeal.