Santa Clara County Department of Family & Children's Services v. Brenda B.

Opinion

PREMO, Acting P. J.

After Brenda B.’s parental rights to her daughter Krystle D. were terminated, she and her former husband, Krystle’s former *1786stepfather, John U., separately appeal. Brenda asserts that the proceedings were defective for lack of proper notice to her tribe under the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 United States Code section 1901 et seq. (hereafter, the Act). John contends that the court erred in denying him standing and de facto parent status.

Facts

Krystle was born on February 1, 1987, to Brenda, who became an enrolled member of the Kodiak Area Native Association (hereafter,…