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NAVAJO NATION v. DEPT. OF ECONOMIC SEC.

No. 1 CA-JV 11-0123.

284 P.3d 29 (2012)

NAVAJO NATION, Appellant, v. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY, Z., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

As Amended September 5, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Navajo Nation Department of Justice By Cherie Espinosa , Staff Attorney, Window Rock, Attorney for Appellant.

Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom & Schoenburg By April E. Olson , Tempe, Attorneys for Appellant.

Thomas C. Horne , Arizona Attorney General, By Dawn R. Williams , Assistant Attorney General, Tucson, Attorneys for Appellee.

OPINION

KESSLER, Judge.

¶ 1 The Navajo Nation ("the Nation") appeals the juvenile court's judgment finding good cause to deviate from the placement preferences set forth in the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 ("ICWA"), 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901 to 1963 (2006), and allowing the child ("Z.") to remain with his current non-relative, non-Indian adoptive placement. We affirm. The juvenile court properly found good cause to deviate from ICWA placement...

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