DeCOTEAU v. DISTRICT COUNTY CT. FOR TENTH JUD. DIST.

No. 11200.

211 N.W.2d 843 (1973)

Application of Cheryl Spider DeCOTEAU, natural mother and next friend and on behalf of Robert Lee Feather and Herbert John Spider for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, Petitioner and Appellant, v. The DISTRICT COUNTY COURT FOR the TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

October 31, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bertram E. Hirsch, New York City, for petitioner and appellant.

Thomas R. Vickerman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for defendant and respondent; Kermit A. Sande, Atty. Gen., Robert Krogstad, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, on the brief.


DOYLE, Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Roberts County denying appellant's petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus to release her two children from the custodial process of the district county court.

The essential facts are undisputed. Appellant, Cheryl Spider DeCoteau, is the mother of Robert Lee Feather and Herbert John Spider. All are members of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe...

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