In re C.G.-R. CA4/2

── In re C.G.-R. CA4/2 ── Court: California Court of Appeal Date: April 16, 2026 Category: General Filed 4/16/26 In re C.G.-R. CA4/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115. IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO In re C.G.-R., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. E087155 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, (Super.Ct.No. J286510) Plaintiff and Respondent, OPINION v. C.G., Defendant and Appellant. APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Annemarie G. Pace, Judge. Affirmed. Tracy M. De Soto, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Laura Feingold, County Counsel, and David R. Guardado, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. 1  In this dependency proceeding, C.G. (Mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s denial of her petition under section 388 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, which sought to reinstate reunification services as to her minor daughter, who is in the care of a legal guardian. (Unlabeled statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.) Mother also argues that the juvenile court and San Bernardino County Children and Family Services (CFS) failed to comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.) and related state law. We affirm. BACKGROUND Mother has three children: C.G. (male, born in 2006), C.G.-R. (C.R.) (female, born in 2014), and Casey C. (male, born in 2016). This appeal concerns only C.R., and the children’s fathers are not parties. The family came to the attention of CFS on September 1, 2020, when Mother and the children were living with Mother’s boyfriend, Kamron L. CFS received a referral alleging that Mother physically abused then-13-year-old C.G. and emotionally abused three-year-old Casey. The referral alleged that Mother lunged at C.G. with closed fists, pushed him onto a bed, bit him on the back of his neck, choked him, and threw him out of the house. C.G.’s father took him to the police station, where he met with a social worker. C.G. had visible bruising, scratching, and an open cut on his neck. He described the incident and told the social worker that Mother punched or slapped him about 30 percent of the time when he got into trouble. Mother spoke with a social worker, denied biting C.G., and did not understand why CFS was investigating how she disciplined him. 2 C.G.’s father reported that in 2019 Mother attacked him, bit him on the neck, and left scratch marks on his body. CFS filed a dependency petition as to C.R., alleging under subdivisions (b)(1) and (j) of section 300 that Mother physically abused C.G. and had a history of engaging in domestic violence with her romantic partners. At the initial hearing in September 2020, the court detained C.R. and placed her with maternal grandmother Eugeneia O. C.R. reported that she had seen Kamron push Mother. C.R. also reported an incident in which Mother and Kamron were in their bedroom with the door closed and Mother was screaming. C.R. heard things hit the wall and break, and she saw broken items in the bedroom when the door opened. Mother injured her ankle in the incident, and