What Constitutes Reversible Error When ICWA Inquiry Not Made

Topic: Dependency (300)

Status/Court: Pending CA Supreme Court

Case Name: In re Dezi C. (2022) 79 Cal.App.5th 769, review granted 9/21/2022

Case #: S275578/B317935

Last Updated: April 26, 2023

What constitutes reversible error when a child welfare agency fails to make the statutorily required inquiry concerning a child’s potential Indian ancestry? A request for an order directing depublication of the Court of Appeal opinion was denied.

Review on this issue has also been granted with briefing deferred in:

In re G.A. (2022) 81 Cal.App.5th 355, review granted 10/12/2022 (S276056/C094857)
In re M.M. (2022) 81 Cal.App.5th 61, review granted 10/12/2022 (S276099/B315997)
In re R.T. (B315541) [nonpub. opn.], review granted 10/12/2022 (S275866)
In re E.T. (B315104) [nonpub. opn.], review granted 12/28/2022 (S277264)
In re Z.C. (C094803) [nonpub. opn.], review granted 12/28/2022 (S277229)
In re M.G. (B317366) [nonpub. opn.], review granted 1/19/2023 (S277633)
In re D.D. (B319941) [nonpub. opn.], review granted 3/1/2023 (S278070)
In re An. L. (B315986) [nonpub. opn.], review granted 3/22/2023 (S278127)
In re Athena R. (B318751) [nonpub. opn.], review granted 3/22/2023 (S278121)
In re X.R. (B318808) [nonpub. opn.], review granted 4/12/2023 (S278928)
In re Tyler C. (B316341) [nonpub. opn.], review granted 4/26/2023 (S279071)

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