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IN RE ADOPTION OF S.S.

No. 76486.

657 N.E.2d 935 (1995)

167 Ill.2d 250

212 Ill.Dec. 590

In re ADOPTION OF S.S. & R.S. (Leslie Scarlotte Tubridy et al., Appellants, v. Betty Jo Iron Bear et al., Appellees).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 19, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce D. Strom (argued), Strom & Repay, and Richard P. Bingham, Juergensmeyer, Strain & Associates, Elgin, for appellants.

Kathryn McGowan Bettcher, Sarah Megan and Bernard H. Shapiro, Prairie State Legal Services, Inc., St. Charles, for appellee Betty Jo Iron Bear.

Gary M. Beaudry, Williston, North Dakota, for appellees Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes.

Carole J. Grahn-Hayes, Geneva, for Guardian Barbara Carlson.

Justice HARRISON delivered the judgment of the court and the following opinion:

This appeal arises from a proceeding involving termination of the parental rights of a Native American Indian mother, Betty Jo Iron Bear, and the adoption of her minor children, S.S. and R.S., by two of their non-Indian relatives, Leslie and Patrick Tubridy. The issue before us is whether the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq. (1988)) requires...

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