Legal Opinion
Matter of Adoption of Halloway
Utah Supreme Court
Decided December 5, 1986No. 20519Published
1Opinion of the Court
732 P.2d 962 (1986)
In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF Jeremiah HALLOWAY, a person under 18 years of age.
Appeal of NAVAJO NATION.
No. 20519.
Supreme Court of Utah.
December 5, 1986.
Mary Ellen Sloan, Kapaloski, Kinghorn & Peters, Salt Lake City, Craig Dorsay, Window Rock, for appellant.
Richard B. Johnson, Howard, Lewis & Peterson, Provo, for respondents.
ZIMMERMAN, Justice:
The Navajo Nation challenges the jurisdiction of the Utah courts to rule upon a petition for adoption of a Navajo child and related proceedings. We agree that the trial court lacked jurisdiction and vacate its orders granting the…
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