In re Baby Boy C.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*36OPINION OF THE COURT
Gonzalez, J.
This is an adoption proceeding in which the Tohono O’odham Nation, a federally recognized Indian tribe, seeks to intervene pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA; 25 USC § 1901 et seq.) upon the ground that this is a “child custody proceeding” involving an “Indian child,” as those terms are defined in ICWA. Family Court denied intervention under ICWA, . instead adopting the judicially created “existing Indian family” (EIF) exception, which avoids the application of ICWA in circumstances where the court determines that the child is not part of an…
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