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In re S.D.

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided March 11, 1987No. Nos. 15422, 15428PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HENDERSON, Justice.

INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT/TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS

Parental rights of F.W. (hereinafter referred to as Mother) and L.D.W. (hereinafter referred to as Father) were terminated as to female children S.D., K.C.H., and L.W. Both K.C.H. and L.W. possess sufficient quantities of American Indian blood to require application of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). S.D. is Caucasian. Parents contend their rights were improperly terminated. Error by the trial court was committed, they maintain, when it concluded:(1) With reference to K.C.H. and L.W. only, sufficient expert…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. In re the Termination of Parental Rights over D.H.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Corbly v. MathesonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Wiggins v. ShewmakeSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  4. People in Interest of THSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Graham v. StateSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1982

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. A.M. v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1997
  2. State v. JonesSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1987
  3. People ex rel. M.H.South Dakota Supreme Court · 2005
  4. In Re Annette P.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1991
  5. Riverside County Department of Public Social Services v. C.B.California Court of Appeal · 2009

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