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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF HALLOWAY

No. 20519.

732 P.2d 962 (1986)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF Jeremiah HALLOWAY, a person under 18 years of age. Appeal of NAVAJO NATION.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Ellen Sloan, Kapaloski, Kinghorn & Peters, Salt Lake City, Craig Dorsay, Window Rock, for appellant.

Richard B. Johnson, Howard, Lewis & Peterson, Provo, for respondents.

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

The Navajo Nation challenges the jurisdiction of the Utah courts to rule upon a petition for adoption of a Navajo child and related proceedings. We agree that the trial court lacked jurisdiction and vacate its orders granting the petition for adoption and terminating the parental rights of Cecelia Saunders. Any further proceedings relating to the adoption must be presented to the courts of the Navajo Nation...

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