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19 Nov 2009, 7:33 pm
Father seeks to invoke the Federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which applies to children of American Indian heritage. [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 11:08 am
Those cases were Matter of Adoption of Baby Boy D[28] and Matter of Adoption of D.M.J.[29] In Baby Boy D, the father was a member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and the mother was a non-Indian.[30] The mother consented to adoption of Baby Boy D and the child was adopted without notice to the father and without his consent.[31] After learning that the child had been adopted, the… [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]
16 Apr 2013, 7:01 pm
University of Texas, in which there were some pointed questions at oral argument about the problem of taking race into account when the individual's racial percentage — always a sticky topic — is minimal and self-reported: Back to today's case: Pressed by the chief justice, [Charles Rothfeld, representing the father] said that it doesn't matter how large or small a child's Indian heritage is because under ICWA, an adoption cannot go… [read post]
7 Dec 2022, 2:26 pm
Department of Children, Youth, and Families (Indian Child Welfare Act) U.S. [read post]
25 Jun 2013, 11:48 am
Well, the prospective adoptive parents appealed this matter to the U.S. [read post]
30 Jun 2013, 12:17 am
Why should the child’s ties to her Cherokee heritage be privileged over her Hispanic heritage, especially if she is fractionally more Hispanic than Cherokee? [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 11:08 am
Those cases were Matter of Adoption of Baby Boy D[28] and Matter of Adoption of D.M.J.[29] In Baby Boy D, the father was a member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and the mother was a non-Indian.[30] The mother consented to adoption of Baby Boy D and the child was adopted without notice to the father and without his consent.[31] After learning that the child had been adopted, the… [read post]
10 Nov 2022, 5:57 am
However, before the adoption can become final, a state child welfare official learns that Mr. [read post]
17 Apr 2013, 9:42 am
No matter the result, one of two families will be devastated. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 9:01 pm
Because she believed that Birth Father had some Indian heritage, her lawyer contacted the Cherokee Nation to ascertain his membership status. [read post]
1 Sep 2019, 8:26 am
“[T]he language of [section] 1914 itself ... limits standing to challenge state-law terminations of parental right to parents ‘from whose custody such child was removed’ ” (Matter of Adoption of Child of Indian Heritage, 111 N.J. 155, 179, 543 A.2d 925, 937, quoting 25 USC § 1914; see Matter of S.C., 1992 OK 98, ¶ 23, 833 P.2d 1249, 1254, overruled on other grounds Matter of Baby Boy L., 2004 OK… [read post]
2 Oct 2020, 6:41 am
To the reader’s relief, however, in each book the lovers are reunited years later, and they rekindle their fiery romance while their child explores his indigenous heritage with his father’s guidance. [read post]
22 Jul 2021, 12:03 pm
Representation matters. [read post]
17 Mar 2020, 9:05 pm
The appeals court case centers on the family of Chad and Jennifer Brackeen, who provided foster care for a child with Navajo and Cherokee heritage and sought to adopt him. [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 11:35 am
The child identifies as an Indian, but is not a tribal citizen. [read post]
13 Sep 2016, 6:42 am
Kristina contends the court and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) failed to comply with the inquiry and notice requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. [read post]
10 Dec 2021, 7:27 am
Duties include: (1) Providing legal advice and representation to the Lummi Nation Child Support Program; (2) Maintaining knowledge of child support law in Lummi Code of Laws and state and other laws; (3) Representing the Lummi Nation in judicial and administrative proceedings to obtain and enforce child support and paternity actions; (4) Performing legal research and writings for the preparation of complaints, motions, pleadings, and other documents; (5) Completing other… [read post]
27 Jul 2023, 10:13 am
This case presents the following issue: What constitutes reversible error when a child welfare agency fails to make the statutorily required inquiry concerning a child’s potential Indian ancestry? [read post]
12 Nov 2021, 7:52 am
The Native American Rights Fund is a non-profit national Indian law firm representing Indian tribes, organizations, and individuals in Indian law matters of major significance. [read post]
