In re Hunter W

In In re Hunter W. (2011) 200 Cal.App.4th 1454, the mother of a dependent child signed an ICWA-030 form indicating that she might have Indian ancestry through her father and deceased paternal grandmother. Mother provided her father's and paternal grandmother's names, but said she did not have her father's contact information. (Id. at p. 1467.) The Court of Appeal held that on that record, reversal on ICWA grounds was not required. It explained that although mother indicated she might have Indian heritage through her father and deceased paternal grandmother, she "could not identify the particular tribe or nation and did not know of any relative who was a member of a tribe. She did not provide contact information for her father and did not mention any other relative who could reveal more information." (Id. at p. 1468.) Accordingly, the court held mother's information was "too speculative" to trigger ICWA. (Ibid.)