In Re Tamika R.

OPINION

Justice SUTTELL,

for the Court.

The respondent, Jackie Robinson, appeals from a Family Court decree finding his daughter Tameka 1 to be dependent and committing her to the care, custody, and control of the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) with discretion as to placement. He argues that DCYF failed to present expert testimony in compliance with the federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Mr. Robinson further argues that the trial justice’s finding of dependency was not supported by clear and convincing evidence. Finally, he submits that the trial justice’s “prosecutorial…