Pollard v. Crowghost

OPINION

HALBROOKS, Judge.

Appellant Faye Michelle Crowghost challenges the district court’s order granting permanent legal and physical custody of her child, M.R.P.-C., to respondents Kathryn Michelle Pollard and Marvin Warze-cha, the child’s paternal grandparents. Because the district court failed to conduct an evidentiary hearing and to make adequate findings on the issue of whether respondents satisfy the statutory requirements of de facto custodians and because the district court did not inquire into whether ICWA applied to M.R.P.-C.’s custody proceedings, we conclude that the district…