Search for: "Matter of Adoption of Indian Child" Results 181 - 200 of 251
Sort by Relevance | Sort by Date
RSS Subscribe: 20 results | 100 results
25 Jun 2013, 11:31 am by Mark Walsh
Baby Girl, about whether the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 allows a father of American Indian descent to keep custody of a child who had been given up for adoption by the mother. [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 8:39 am by J. Michael Goodson Law Library
Another remaining case is not getting as much national attention, but its subject matter is likely quite familiar to many LARW alumni at Duke: whether the Indian Child Welfare Act can be used to revoke the adoption of a Cherokee child to non-native parents by the child's estranged biological father (prior N.Y. [read post]
13 Jun 2013, 7:05 pm by Mary Dwyer
Elizabeth E. 12-1175Issue: Whether the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires a school district to pay for a residential placement that is required to treat a child’s mental illness. [read post]
20 May 2013, 5:24 am by Kate Fort
Michigan’s practice of automatically proceeding as if the child is NOT an Indian child unless told otherwise by a tribe will eventually cause problems. [read post]
19 Apr 2013, 6:54 am by Rachel Sachs
Baby Girl, in which the Court is considering whether a non-custodial parent of a child can invoke the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 to block an adoption by a non-Indian parent. [read post]
16 Apr 2013, 7:01 pm
The court's decision in this case, [the adoptive parents' lawyer, Lisa Blatt] told the justices, is going to apply to other absentee Indian fathers who have impregnated non-Indian women. [read post]
2 Dec 2012, 7:52 pm by Larry Catá Backer
adopted by China and India to realise socio-economic rights;   investigate how constitutions with socialist orientation have adjusted to transition to a free market economy in both India and China;   assess the evolving international human rights jurisprudence in this area and the reports submitted by China and India to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;   explore the realisation of certain rights (e.g., social… [read post]
13 Oct 2012, 9:23 pm
The matter was placed before the Bench comprising J. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 4:48 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
State courts presiding over adoption, guardianship, and dependency matters have become familiar with the many requirements of this federal law. [read post]
5 Jul 2012, 5:40 am by Randy Barnett
”  Unlike the Garrisonian abolitionists from whom he broke, Douglass rejected the proslavery reading of the Constitution, and adopted Lysander Spooner’s antislavery reading itself. [read post]
23 May 2012, 12:00 pm by Matthew Parham
 addressed a situation where a non-Indian mother sought to select a non-Indian family to adopt her child, whose father was a Cherokee Nation member. [read post]
7 May 2012, 8:33 am by Madelaine Lane
ICWA was adopted in 1978 as a response to concern over a pattern of “abusive child welfare practices” resulting in Indian children being separated from their families and tribes. [read post]
3 May 2012, 5:25 pm
D.B., who lives in Oklahoma, was successfully able to argue that under the Indian Child Welfare Act, the girl should be returned to him. [read post]
17 Apr 2012, 9:03 am
  Yes, it's possible that an adoption might one day be overturned, and the adoptive parents (and the child) might be informed of that theoretical possibility at the outset. [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 7:07 am by Marty Lederman
For example, as a formal matter Congress exempted members of Indian ]ribes--who obtain their health care through the Indian Health Service--only from the "penalty" provision, not from the insurance-maintenance provision. [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 8:07 am by Greg Guedel
She said that before the Indian Child Welfare Act, children were adopted out and lost complete contact with their relatives, ancestors, and culture. [read post]