Sacramento County Department of Health & Human Services v. S.J.

Opinion

MURRAY, J.

The mother (S.J.) (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s orders reinstating the juvenile court’s orders terminating her parental rights and implementing a permanent plan of adoption as to minor Z.W. (who was bom in late 2007). (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26.)1 The father (father) has not appealed.

Mother’s sole contention on appeal is that the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services failed to comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.).

In the published portion of the opinion, we hold that although the list of…