IN RE K.H.

No. 98-456.

981 P.2d 1190 (1999)

1999 MT 128

In The Matter of K.H. and K.L.E., Youths in Need of Care.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided June 3, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jill Deann LaRance, LaRance Law Firm, Inc., Billings, Montana, For Appellant.

Hon. Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General; Mark W. Mattioli,Assistant Attorney General, Helena, Montana, Dennis Paxinos, Yellowstone County Attorney; Melanie Logan, Deputy Yellowstone County Attorney, Billings, Montana, For Respondent

Damon L. Gannett, Gannett Law Firm, Billings, Montana, Guardian Ad Litem for K.H.


Justice W. WILLIAM LEAPHART delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 T.L.E., a Crow Indian and the natural mother of the children, appeals from the order of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, terminating her parental rights to her son, K.H., pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) and the Montana Code.1 We reverse.

¶ 2 The dispositive...

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