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MATTER OF CUSTODY OF S.E.G.

No. C4-93-1054.

507 N.W.2d 872 (1993)

In the Matter of the CUSTODY OF S.E.G., A.L.W., and V.M.G.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

November 16, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita P. Fineday, Cass Lake, for appellant Leech Lake Band of Chippewa.

Wright S. Walling, Walling & Berg, P.A., Minneapolis, for respondents E.C. and C.C.

Tim Faver, Beltrami County Atty., Shari R. Schluchter, Asst. County Atty., Bemidji, for respondent Minnesota Dept. of Human Services and Beltrami County.

Charles R. Powell, Bemidji, for guardian ad litem Diane White.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Laura Sue Schlatter, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Guardian Com'r of Minnesota Dept. of Human Services.

Shirley M. Cain, Edwards, Edwards & Bodin, Duluth, for amicus curiae Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians.

Paul T. Minehart, Minneapolis American Indian Ctr., Minneapolis, for amicus curiae Minneapolis American Indian Center.

Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, CO, for amicus curiae Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.

Considered and decided by NORTON, P.J., and HUSPENI and SCHUMACHER, JJ.

OPINION

HUSPENI, Judge.

The trial court granted the petition of non-Indians E.C. and C.C. to adopt three Indian children. The children's tribe, the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa, challenges the court's determination that there was "good cause" to deviate from the adoption placement preferences in the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. § 1915(a) (1988) (the Act). We affirm.

FACTS

Respondents E.C. and C.C. (the Cs), who are not Indians...

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