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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF T.R.M.

No. 64S03-8807-JV-607.

525 N.E.2d 298 (1988)

In the matter of Adoption of T.R.M., an Indian Child. and J.Q., (Natural Mother), Appellant, v. D.R.L. AND E.M.L. (ADOPTIVE PARENTS), Appellees.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanne Tapocsi, Valparaiso, Barry Levine, Traverse City, for appellant.

Hugo E. Martz, Guardian Ad Litem, Steven Langer, Valparaiso, for appellees.

ON CIVIL PETITION TO TRANSFER

DICKSON, Justice.

The power of state courts to conduct adoption proceedings involving children of Indian ancestry may be subject to significant limitations under the Indian Child Welfare Act ("ICWA"), 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901-1963 (1982). The central issue in this case is whether a state adoption proceeding was proper and valid under the ICWA.

T.R.M. ("the child") was born on June 14, 1981, in Hot Springs, South Dakota...

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