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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF RIFFLE

No. 96-076.

922 P.2d 510 (1996)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF Jessica Lynn RIFFLE, a Youth in Need of Care.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided July 30, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerrold L. Nye; Nye & Meyer, Billings, for Appellants.

Monte J. Boettger, Lewistown, for John Garlick.

Ann Gilkey, Department of Family Services, Helena, for Department of Family Services.

Ronald Arneson, Billings, for Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.

LEAPHART, Justice.

Appellants, Kenneth and Clara Siroky (the Sirokys), appeal from the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law and Order of the Tenth Judicial District Court, Fergus County, concluding that Jessica Lynn Riffle (Jessica) is an Indian child and that, pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901 to 1963 (the ICWA), Jessica's uncle, John Garlick (Garlick) gets the benefit of an adoptive placement preference. We affirm.

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