A.C., In re (2022) B319752 B319752; filed 12/12/22. ![[Files/CaseFiles/B319752.PDF]] [Opinion PDF](https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/archive/B319752.PDF) ## Rule excerpts Majority opinion; stipulated conditional reversal under Code of Civil Procedure section 128(a)(8), applying the 2022 inquiry requirements. Justice Baker dissented. > Here, DCFS only inquired of the parents regarding Native American ancestry. DCFS did not ask the NREFM I.C. (daughter’s caregiver and prospective adoptive parent), or the extended known maternal and paternal family members about Indian heritage. Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 224.2, subdivision (b), DCFS had a duty to ask daughter’s “extended family members” and “others who have an interest in the child” whether daughter is an Indian child. — A.C., In re (2022) B319752, slip op., p. 2.