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CHESTER COUNTY DSS v. COLEMAN

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303 S.C. 226 (1991)

399 S.E.2d 773

CHESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent v. Joe L. COLEMAN, Phyllis Coleman and Dorothy Clark, Indian Child Welfare Coordinator of the Cheyenne River Sioux Juvenile Court, Respondents. In re Billie Joe MORRISON, DOB: 1-1-78, Tara Morrison, DOB: 5-9-79, Jacqueline Coleman, DOB: 10-26-81, Heather Coleman, DOB: 1-31-83, all minor children under the age of Eighteen (18) years. Of whom Billie Joe Morrison, Tara Morrison, Jacqueline Coleman and Heather Coleman, by and through their duly appointed Guardian Ad Litem Richard M. Steele, are Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 10, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Marshall Jones, Rock Hill, for appellants.

Claude S. Coleman, of Chester County Dept. of Social Services, Chester, for respondent.

Scott B. McElroy, of Boulder, Colo., and George M. Hearn, Conway, for respondents Dorothy Clark, and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.

Joe and Phyllis Coleman, Howes, S.D., pro se.

Heard Sept. 25, 1990.

Decided Dec. 10, 1991.

Per Curiam:

This case involves the application of the Indian Child Welfare Act.1 The sole issue is whether the family court erred in transferring jurisdiction of the case to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (Tribe), in South Dakota. We reverse the order of the family court.

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