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MATTER OF T.I.S.

No. 1-90-3357.

586 N.E.2d 690 (1991)

224 Ill. App.3d 475

166 Ill.Dec. 732

In the Matter of the Petition to Adopt T.I.S., a minor.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

December 31, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Kapnick and Mark B. Blocker, of Sidley & Austin, Chicago, for petitioner-appellant.

Thomas P. Hanrahan, Chicago, for appellees.

Steven Paul McSloy and William Y. Chan, of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, amicus curiae.

Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

W.S., the biological mother of T.I.S., a minor, appeals from the trial court's refusal to set aside her consent to the child's adoption by R.W. and E.W. W.S. argued that her consent to the adoption was invalid, because she did not execute the consent form before a judge, as required under the Indian Child Welfare Act (hereinafter the ICWA). (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq. (1978).) The trial court determined...

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