Legal Opinion
J.Q. v. D.R.L.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided July 6, 1988No. 64S03-8807-JV-607PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON CIVIL PETITION TO TRANSFER
DICKSON, Justice.
The power of state courts to conduct adoption proceedings involving children of Indian ancestry may be subject to significant limitations under the Indian Child Welfare Act (“ICWA”), 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901-1963 (1982). The central issue in this case is whether a state adoption proceeding was proper and valid under the ICWA.
T.R.M. (“the child”) was bom on June 14, 1981, in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Her biological mother is J.Q. Her paternity has not been established. In the summer of 1974, J.Q. met D.R.L. and E.M.L. (“adoptive parents”) when the…
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