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GOCLANNEY v. DESROCHERS

No. 2 CA-CIV 4412.

135 Ariz. 240 (1982)

660 P.2d 491

Thurza Johnson GOCLANNEY, Petitioner/Appellee, and White Mountain Apache Tribe, Intervenor/Appellee, v. Normand George DESROCHERS and Nadine Desrochers, Respondents/Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1983.

Review Denied March 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann R. Littrell, Whiteriver, for petitioner/appellee.

Robert C. Brauchli, Whiteriver, and Anthony R. Cohen, Tucson, for intervenor/appellee.

Gaynes & Rockafellow, P.C. by Leighton H. Rockafellow, Tucson, for respondents/appellants.

OPINION

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

Petitioner/appellee filed for a writ of habeas corpus in the superior court. The main and determinative issue is whether Texas had jurisdiction to grant the adoption by appellant of a child who was a registered member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe. The trial court made findings of fact which are binding on us unless they are clearly erroneous. Olson v. State,

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