In re Perla C. CA2/2

Filed 3/14/24 In re Perla C. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 PERLA C., a Person B328768 Coming Under the Juvenile (Los Angeles County Super. Court Law. Ct. No. 22CCJP00949A)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

MICHELLE P.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Jean M. Nelson, Judge. Affirmed.

Christopher R. Booth, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Melania Vartanian, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

****** Michelle P. (mother) appeals the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights over her eighth child, Perla C. Mother argues that the court did not comply with its initial duty of inquiring into Perla’s possible Indian heritage under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.; Welf. & Inst. Code, § 224 et seq.).1 We conclude that there was no error and, alternatively, that any error was harmless. Accordingly, we affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND I. Facts Pertinent to Dependency Jurisdiction Mother gave birth to Perla in May 2018. Perla’s father is Hugo C. (father). In March 2022, mother tested positive for amphetamines and methamphetamine. At that time, father was incarcerated on an eight-year sentence for assaulting a peace officer with a deadly weapon.