Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services v. N.Y.

Opinion

BLEASE, Acting P.

The mother (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26.)1 Mother contends the order must be reversed because the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) did not make an adequate inquiry into the minor’s Indian ancestry as required by the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.; ICWA). We affirm.

*37BACKGROUND

We do not recite the facts underlying dependency jurisdiction and reunification efforts, as they are immaterial to the issues before us.

In June 2009, DHHS…