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MATTER OF APPEAL IN MARICOPA COUNTY JUVENILE ACTION NO. JD-6982

No. 1 CA-JV 96-0022.

186 Ariz. 354 (1996)

922 P.2d 319

In the Matter of the APPEAL IN MARICOPA COUNTY, JUVENILE ACTION NO. JD-6982.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

August 20, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Frank, Attorney General of the Tohono O'odham Nation by Mark E. Curry, Assistant Attorney General, Sells, for Tohono O'odham Nation.

Grant Woods, Attorney General of State of Arizona by Susan Frank, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, for Arizona Department of Economic Security.

Friedl, Richter & Buri by Charles E. Buri, Phoenix, for Mother.

Richard Scherb, Phoenix, Guardian Ad Litem for Mother.

Davis & Lowe, P.C. by Virginia S. Matte, Phoenix, for Child.

OPINION

WEISBERG, Judge.

The Tohono O'odham Nation (the "Nation"), a federally recognized Native American population living within the state, appeals from the trial court's denial of its motion to transfer the underlying dependency proceeding from the superior court to the Nation's Children's Court pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act (the "Act").1 For the following reasons, we affirm.

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