Legal Opinion
Sheboygan County Department of Human Services v. Neal J.G.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided March 5, 2003No. 02-0574, 02-0575PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAnn Walsh Bradley, J.
¶ 1. This case comes before us on a petition to bypass the court of *566appeals pursuant to Wis. Stat. (Rule) § 809.60 (1999-2000). Neal J.G. (Neal) appeals an order of the Sheboygan County circuit court terminating his parental rights to his two children.1 He claims that the circuit court erred in failing to comply with the notice requirement of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).2
¶ 2. We conclude that the information before the circuit court was too vague for the court to have reason to know that each of Neal's children met the definition of "Indian child" under the ICWA. Because the…
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