Legal Opinion
In Re the Appeal in Maricopa County Juvenile Action No. A-25525
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided June 21, 1983No. 1 CA-JUV 189PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MEYERSON, Judge.
The Gila River Indian Community (Community) appeals from a final order granting adoption. The facts which give rise to this appeal are as follows.
I. FACTS
R.M., an anglo, met with a counselor from Catholic Social Service of Phoenix (Agency) on April 27, 1979, to discuss placing her soon-to-be-born child for adoption. She told the counselor that the father of the child was unknown because she had intimate relations with several men; she suspected that Edmund Jackson, a Pima Indian, and a member of the Community, might be the father. About three weeks later, R.M. gave…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In Re the Adoption of Baby Boy L.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1982
- In Re the Appeal in Pima County Juvenile Action No. S-903.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1981
- Application of AngusCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1982
- In re K.A.B.E.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1982
- Matter of Appeal in Pima County Etc.Arizona Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Matter of Adoption of a Child of Indian HeritageSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- Matter of Adoption of Baby Boy DSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1985
- People v. Diane N.Illinois Supreme Court · 2001
- Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Individually as Parens Patriae to Seth Allan Lewis v. Robert Lewis and Diana LewisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- B.H. v. People ex rel. X.H.Supreme Court of Colorado · 2006
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