PEOPLE EX REL. J.O.

No. 07CA0643.

170 P.3d 840 (2007)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner-Appellee, In the Interest of J.O., a Child, and Concerning K.M.O., a/k/a K.M.C., Respondent-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

September 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Hutfless, County Attorney, Ingrid H. Holmes, Deputy County Attorney, Ellen G. Wakeman, Deputy County Attorney, Golden, Colorado, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Gina G. Bischofs, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, for Respondent-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge DAILEY.

K.M.O. (mother) appeals from the judgment terminating the parent-child legal relationship between her and her son, J.O. (child). She asserts that the notice requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901 to 1963 (2001), were not met. We vacate the judgment and remand with directions.

On August 4, 2006, a petition in dependency and neglect was filed asserting that the child had been left with...

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