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CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, INC. v. C.A.A.

S-2879.

783 P.2d 1159 (1989)

CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, INC., C.G. and S.G., Appellants, v. C.A.A. and Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 8, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Flint, Hartig, Rhodes, Norman, Mahoney & Edwards, Anchorage, for appellants.

Michael Gershel, Tred Eyerly, and Carol Daniel, Alaska Legal Services Corp., Sharon Gleason, Reese, Rice & Volland, Anchorage, for appellee C.A.A.

Lloyd Benton Miller, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse & Miller, Anchorage, for appellee Cook Inlet Tribal Council.

Philip J. McCarthy, Jr., Deputy Public Advocate, Brant McGee, Public Advocate, Anchorage, for guardian ad litem.

D. Rebecca Snow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Fairbanks, Grace Berg Schaible, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for Amicus Curiae, State of Alaska, Dept. of Health and Social Services.

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

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

The sole issue presented in this case is whether under the Indian Child Welfare Act1 an Indian child's tribe is entitled to notice of a proceeding for voluntary termination of parental rights. We answer this question in the negative. Congress explicitly granted intervention rights to tribes in involuntary termination proceedings, but did not do so in voluntary termination...

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