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RYE v. WEASEL

No. 95-SC-1021-DG.

934 S.W.2d 257 (1996)

Leilani (Weasel) RYE, Appellant, v. Kim A. WEASEL and The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

November 21, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Moore, III, Phillip Q. Ratliff, Campbell Woods Bagley Emerson McNeer & Herndon, Ashland, for appellant.

Richard M. Guarnieri, Johnson Judy True & Guarnieri, Frankfort, William R. Perry, Sonosky Chambers Sachse & Endreson, Washington, DC, Virginia D. Weed, Northeast Kentucky Legal Services, Inc., Ashland, for appellees.

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which determined that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe continues to have exclusive jurisdiction over all custody proceedings involving the child. The Court of Appeals reversed a judgment of the Boyd Circuit Court which had granted custody of the child to Leilani Rye.

The issue is whether the application of the "Existing Indian Family Doctrine" is a proper basis for placing physical...

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