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MATTER OF L.A.M.

No. S-1205.

727 P.2d 1057 (1986)

In the Matter of L.A.M., A Minor Under the Age of Eighteen (18) Years.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. McCarthy, Jr., Asst. Public Advocate, and Brant McGee, Public Advocate, Anchorage, for appellant.

Sidney D. Watson, Alaska Legal Services, Dillingham, Guardian Ad Litem.

Elizabeth Page Kennedy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, and Harold M. Brown, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

S.M. appeals from a superior court order terminating her parental rights to her daughter, L.A.M. Because we conclude that S.M. did not receive proper notice of the termination proceeding, as required by the Indian Child Welfare Act, we reverse the termination order.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

L.A.M., who is an Indian child within the meaning of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901...

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