K.E. v. State

JACKSON, Judge:

K.E. challenges the trial court’s order terminating her parental rights to S.A.E. and K.L.E.. K.E. contends the Federal Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901-1963 (1994) (ICWA), applies to the State’s petition for termination of her parental rights. The State concedes the ICWA applies and the trial court’s order must be vacated. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

Following several years of involvement with K.E. and her children, the State filed a petition to terminate K.E.’s parental rights to her two youngest children, S.A.E. and K.L.E., based on neglect, abuse, unfitness, and…