Navajo Nation v. State

On Certification from the Utah Court of Appeals

NEHRING, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

1 1 This appeal arises from a juvenile court order that granted the adoption of two children who are both enrolled members of the Navajo Nation (the "Nation") by their non-Indian foster parents. The Nation challenges the adoption order and several other juvenile court orders concerning the children. The Nation, however, failed to comply with an essential procedural prerequisite to its appeal because its notice of appeal was not timely filed with the Nation's signature. This failure presents two jurisdictional issues…