Legal Opinion
In Re the Adoption of Sara J.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 10, 2005No. S-11301, S-11312PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Matilda W., a Caucasian living in Bethel, petitioned to adopt three sibling Native children. The superior court granted her petitions over the objections of the Native Village of Kasigluk and a Native couple who were interested in adopting the children. The Indian Child Welfare Act1 (ICWA) establishes preferences for placing an Indian child within the child’s extended family, with other members of the child’s tribe, or with other Indian families.2 The prevailing social *1020and cultural standards of the Indian community apply in meeting the preference…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. HolyfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. AbramsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- South Dakota v. Yankton Sioux TribeSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Adoption B.B. v. R.K.B.Utah Supreme Court · 2017
- State v. PiggSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2016
- Paula E. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2012
- Native Village of Tununak v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2013
- IN THE MATTER OF M.K.T.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2016
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