PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF S.H.E.

No. 26299.

824 N.W.2d 420 (2012)

2012 S.D. 88

The PEOPLE of the State of South Dakota IN the INTEREST OF S.H.E., D.H.E., J.W.C., D.W.C., J.R., and M.W.C., Children, and Concerning N.W.C., S.W.C., J.T., and M.H.E., Respondents, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Intervener.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided December 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marty J. Jackley , Attorney General, Ann M. Holzhauser , Special Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellee, State of South Dakota.

Jean Cline of Feehan & Cline, PC, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellant, Father, S.W.C.


PER CURIAM.

[¶ 1.] A father appeals the termination of his parental rights to his four children. Because the children are enrolled members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Indian Child Welfare Act applies. We affirm.

Background

[¶ 2.] S.W.C. (Father) is the biological father of J.W.C. (Son1), D.W.C. (Son2), J.R. (Son3), and M.W.C. (Daughter1) and the stepfather of S.H.E. (Stepdaughter1) and D.H.E. (Stepdaughter2). N.W.C. (Mother1) is Father...

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