MATTER OF R. M. M.

No. 52081.

316 N.W.2d 538 (1982)

In the Matter of the Welfare of R. M. M. III.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawton & Lawton and Robert J. Lawton, St. Paul, for appellant.

Tom Foley, County Atty., and Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, Michael G. Finnegan, Guardian ad Litem, St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


WAHL, Justice.

This is an appeal by E. A. M. from an order of the Ramsey County District Court, Juvenile Court Division, terminating her parental rights to her son, R. M. M. III. Because E. A. M. is an Indian and R. M. M. III is an Indian child, the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901-1963 (Supp.1981), applies to this case. That act requires the state to notify an Indian child's tribe of any proceedings involving the custody of that child...

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