Opinion
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Kings County. No. 09JD0006 George Orndoff, Judge.
Michelle L. Jarvis, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Colleen Carlson, County Counsel and Bryan C. Walters, Deputy County Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent.
OPINION
Before Levy, Acting P.J., Gomes, J. and Dawson, J.
Robert C. (father) appeals from an order terminating parental rights to his daughter Meghan. Father joins in arguments made by Meghan’s mother in her appeal, In re Meghan C. (case No. F061671). The mother claimed respondent Kings County Human Services Agency (agency) failed to conduct any investigation into her claim of Native American heritage for purposes of giving notice pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA; 25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.). She also argued that the juvenile court erroneously rejected her argument that termination would be detrimental to Meghan based on her relationship with mother.
On review, we disagreed and affirmed. We concluded mother forfeited her ICWA argument and the juvenile court did not abuse its discretion by rejecting her detriment claim. Because father, in this appeal, raised no independent claim of error, we conclude the juvenile court properly terminated his parental rights.
DISPOSITION
The order terminating parental rights is affirmed.