In re A.E.

LAVORATO, Justice.

In this juvenile proceeding regarding temporary placement of four Indian children, we must decide two questions involving the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). First, did the juvenile court correctly deny a motion to transfer jurisdiction of the proceedings to a tribal children’s court in Wyoming? Second, did the juvenile court have good cause to deviate from placement preferences under the ICWA when the court placed temporary custody with the father’s girlfriend?

Finding that the district court acted correctly in both instances, we affirm the temporary custody placement.

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