Legal Opinion
R.B. v. State Dept. of Human Resources
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided September 8, 1995No. 2940259, 2940260PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The parents, R.B. and P.B., appeal from a judgment denying their petition to terminate their parental rights to two of their adopted children. We reverse and remand.
In 1986, the parents adopted five Native American children, who were members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The two oldest children were boys, and the three youngest children were girls. The parents contacted their local county office of the Department of Human Resources ("DHR") in 1992 because, they said, their problems with the children's behavior had escalated to the point that the family required…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ex Parte SullivanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
- Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Individually as Parens Patriae to Seth Allan Lewis v. Robert Lewis and Diana LewisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- Ex Parte State Dept. of Human ResourcesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1993
- In Re the Appeal in Maricopa County Juvenile Action No. JS-8287Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1991
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3Cited by31 opinions
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