Legal Opinion
Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. V.M.
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 23, 2012No. B235963PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*378Opinion
GRIMES, J.
SUMMARY
V.M. (mother) challenges the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights to now four-year-old J.M. and three-year-old B.M. Father is not a party to this appeal. Mother contends that the order must be reversed because the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) failed to comply with the notice requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA)1 in that (1) the notices sent did not include the names of maternal great-great-grandparents, alleged by the maternal grandmother to have Papago Indian heritage, and (2)…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Santa Clara Pueblo v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- People v. StanleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995
- Santisas v. GoodinCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1998
- Santa Clara County Department of Family & Children's Services v. C.K.California Court of Appeal · 2010
- In re E.W. v. V.P.California Court of Appeal · 2009
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. Shahida R.California Court of Appeal · 2015
- Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. R.N.California Court of Appeal · 2013
- San Diego Cnty. Health & Human Servs. Agency v. Sally H. (In re E.H.), California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
- In re Alayah B. CA1/2California Court of Appeal · 2014
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