Filed 5/20/22 In re E.G. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115. IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO In re E.G., JR., et al., Persons B315741 Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 18CCJP00869F, G) LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. N.V., Defendant and Appellant. APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Stacy Wiese, Judge. Affirmed. Karen B. Stalter, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. N. V. (Mother) appeals an order terminating parental rights. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26.)1 The children’s paternal grandmother (PGM) is adopting them. Mother contends that the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) failed to interview extended family members about their ancestry under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA). (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.; Welf. & Inst. Code, § 224 et seq.) Mother, an immigrant from Mexico, denied Indian heritage and never, since 2018, claimed otherwise. Neither DCFS nor the court had reason to believe the children are Indian. Even now, Mother makes no claim that she or any relative is Indian. She has not shown prejudice from DCFS’s failure to interview extended family members. We affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Mother has seven children born between 2001 and 2019. DCFS has investigated the family multiple times since 2007. Two children are the subject of this appeal: E.G., Jr. (born in 2017) and Y.G. (2019). Their father E.G. (Father) did not appeal the termination of parental rights. When E.G., Jr. was three months old, DCFS learned that Father sold drugs, hiding them among the baby’s clothes. Mother was scratched and bruised from a violent altercation with Father, who choked and threatened to kill her; she attempted suicide and was involuntarily hospitalized. (§ 5150). She told DCFS she took cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana. She heard voices, tried to smash a house window, punched her stomach while pregnant and drove while Father clung to the side of her car. Though they sought mutual restraining orders, the parents intend to remain together. E.G., Jr. was detained and deemed “at very high risk” of abuse and neglect. He was placed with PGM, where he has remained for over four years. Attached to the dependency petition filed in February 2018 1 Unlabeled statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. 2 are “Indian Child Inquiry” forms stating that the children have “no known Indian ancestry.” On February 9, 2018, Mother and Father signed “Parental Notification of Indian Status” (ICWA-020) forms. …
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