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Matter of Adoption of Halloway

Utah Supreme Court

Decided December 5, 1986No. 20519PublishedCited by 77 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

The Navajo Nation challenges the jurisdiction of the Utah courts to rule upon a petition for adoption of a Navajo child and related proceedings. We agree that the trial court lacked jurisdiction and vacate its orders granting the petition for adoption and terminating the parental rights of Cecelia Saunders. Any further proceedings relating to the adoption must be *963presented to the courts of the Navajo Nation.

This action arises out of an adoption proceeding concerning Jeremiah Halloway commenced in the Fourth District Court for Utah County, Utah. Jeremiah was bom on May 14,…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. Perez. v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. White Mountain Apache Tribe v. BrackerSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Batterton v. FrancisSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by77 opinions

  1. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. HolyfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Matter of Adoption of a Child of Indian HeritageSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
  3. In Re the Adoption of T.N.F.Alaska Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Adoption B.B. v. R.K.B.Utah Supreme Court · 2017
  5. In Re Marriage of SkillenMontana Supreme Court · 1998

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