In Re the Adoption of Erin G.
Alaska Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
1. INTRODUCTION
David L. is the putative father of Erin G. Invoking the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), he sought to set aside the decree granting the petition of Christopher and Doris Grant to adopt Erin. The superior court held that AS 25.23.140(b), Alaska’s one-year statute of limitations for challenging adoption decrees, barred David’s petition. He appeals. Because it appears that Congress intended that state statutes of limitations would generally apply to ICWA challenges to placement decrees, we affirm.'
II.FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
Erin G. was born in 2001 to Joanne…
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