Guardianship of I.L.J.E.

ZINTER, Justice 1 [¶1.] A child's mother was killed by the child's father while the child was in the custody and care of the mother's brother and sister-in-law. The brother and sister-in-law subsequently petitioned for guardianship of the child. Although the father was then in jail for the homicide, he opposed the petition and requested that his sister, a Native American, be appointed the child's guardian. The child is an enrolled member of an Indian tribe, and the parties agreed that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) applied. After an evidentiary hearing, the circuit court overruled the…