Legal Opinion
Matter of Adoption of a Child of Indian Heritage
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 7, 1988PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
HANDLER, J.
In this appeal, we are asked to vacate a three-year old private placement adoption of an infant, alleged to be an American Indian, on the grounds that the adoption proceedings failed to conform to the requirements of state law and the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901-63 (1982) (“ICWA” or “Act”), which governs the adoption of Indian children. In addressing this request for relief, we must treat a number of threshold jurisdictional issues relating to the applicability of the Indian Child Welfare Act to the child as well as…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lehr v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Quilloin v. WalcottSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Caban v. MohammedSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Bryan v. Itasca CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by73 opinions
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. HolyfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- In Re the Guardianship of J.N.H.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 2002
- Morrow v. WinslowCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
- In Re Adoption of CrewsWashington Supreme Court · 1992
- Matter of Adoption of BaadeSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1990
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