In Re the Custody of S.E.G.

OPINION

KEITH, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises out of a petition by the respondents, non-Indian foster parents, E.C. and C.C., to adopt three Native American children for whom they had provided foster care. At issue is whether the placement preferences provision of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. § 1915 (1988), provides a “good cause” exception for “extraordinary emotional needs” based on a child’s need for permanence in the form of adoption; also at issue is whether the record in this case supports the trial court’s findings that these children had extraordinary emotional…