Legal Opinion
Native Village of Tununak v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 21, 2013No. 6788 S-14562PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STOWERS, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) 1 establishes adoptive placement preferences for placing an Indian child with a member of the child's extended family, with other members of the child's tribe, or with other Indian families. 2 A court may deviate from these preferences only upon a showing of good cause. 3 ICWA does not state what standard of proof applies to the good cause determination, nor does it state what factors a court must consider in determining whether there is good cause to deviate from the preferences.
In this child in need of aid (CINA)…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. HolyfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Steadman v. Securities & Exchange CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- State, Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission v. CarlsonAlaska Supreme Court · 2003
- Grimm v. WagonerAlaska Supreme Court · 2003
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. J.E.California Court of Appeal · 2014
- Hendricks-Pearce v. State, Department of CorrectionsAlaska Supreme Court · 2014
- In re CandaceAlaska Supreme Court · 2014
- Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. J.E.California Court of Appeal · 2016
- Charles v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 2014
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