CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
.........Heritage Inquiry
............Notice Required
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MGM's ID of family's Blackfeet connection, based partly on old photos, made the claim more than simply family lore and, even without more, was sufficient to trigger notice under ICWA and state law.

Although evidence of tribe's receiving actual notice of termination petition was not before the juvenile court and thus it erred in finding ICWA inapplicable, error harmless in circumstances.

Guardianship order for Indian C reversed where trial court failed to comply with inquiry and notice requirements of the ICWA and continued as if the ICWA did not apply.

Where info on C's great-great GF known, it must be included on the ICWA-030 even though no preprinted line for it; ICWA notice must be given tribes so court can determine standard applicable to guardianship.