Legal Opinion
In Re Adoption of Buehl
Washington Supreme Court
Decided November 4, 1976No. 44120PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtUtter, J.
Patricia Duckhead and her son, Daniel Duck-head Buehl, are enrolled members of the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. In 1974, the Blackfeet Tribal Court placed Daniel in the temporary foster care of Robert and Theda Anderson, residents of Washington. The tribal court subsequently ordered the return of the child to the natural mother. The Andersons refused to comply with the court order and instituted adoption proceedings in King County Superior Court. The court assumed jurisdiction of the matter but then dismissed the action, holding that the tribal court order…
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