MATTER OF W.L.

No. 93-049.

859 P.2d 1019 (1993)

In the Matter of W.L., C.L., and B.L., Youths in Need of Care.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided September 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Vogel, Hardin Montana, for the Mother.

Joseph P. Mazurek, Atty. Gen., Deanne L. Sandholm, Asst. Atty. Gen., Helena; James Torske, Sp. Big Horn Deputy County Atty., Natasha Morton, Hardin for the Father.

Joe A. Rodriguez, Lame Deer guardian ad litem.


HUNT, Justice.

Appellant, the natural mother of W.L., C.L., and B.L., appeals from an order of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Big Horn County, denying her motion to transfer jurisdiction of dependency and neglect proceedings to the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Court pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. § 1911 (1978).

We affirm.

We determine the following issue to be dispositive:<...

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