In re Hannah B. CA2/2

Filed 6/3/24 In re Hannah B. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 HANNAH B., a Person B325638 Coming Under the Juvenile Court (Los Angeles County Law. Super. Ct. No. 22CCJP00529A)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

JERRY B.,

Defendant and Appellant;

TAYLOR S.

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Gabriela H. Shapiro, Judge Pro Tem. Dismissed in part and remanded with directions. Katherine Marie Curtis, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Dawyn Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Kimberly Anne Roura, Senior Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. Elizabeth A. Klippi, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent. _________________________________________

Appellant Jerry B. (father) appeals from the juvenile court’s October 20, 2022 order placing his daughter Hannah with her maternal grandmother after removing Hannah from the custody of both parents. For reasons we discuss, we dismiss as moot that portion of father’s appeal challenging Hannah’s placement with the maternal grandmother. We remand the matter to the juvenile court for further inquiry of the paternal relatives as to whether Hannah is or may be an Indian child within the meaning of the Indian Child Welfare Act and related California statutes (ICWA) through her paternal relatives. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) detained Hannah from her parents in February 2022 and initially placed her in the paternal grandparents’ home. Hannah’s mother, Taylor S. (mother), filed an ICWA-020 form indicating she and Hannah were members or eligible for membership in the Northern Arapaho Tribe (the Tribe). Father