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CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES v. ANDREA M.

No. 20,405.

10 P.3d 191 (2000)

129 N.M. 512

2000-NMCA-079

STATE of New Mexico, ex rel. CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT, Petitioner-Appellee, v. In the Matter of ANDREA Lynn M., a child, and Concerning Adrian M., Respondent-Appellant, and the Navajo Nation, Intervenor.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

August 4, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela L. Adams, Chief Children's Court Attorney, Rebecca J. Liggett, Children's Court Attorney, Children, Youth & Families Dep't, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee.

Robert Waterworth, Nancy L. Simmons, Law Offices of Nancy L. Simmons, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellant.

Levon B. Henry, Attorney General, Thomas W. Christie, Assistant Attorney General, Joseph Borrack, The Navajo Nation, Department of Justice, Window Rock, AZ, for Intervenor.

OPINION

WECHSLER, Judge.

{1} Appellant Adrian M. (Father), appeals the children's court order transferring jurisdiction and legal custody of Andrea M. (Child) to the Navajo Nation Family Court. Father argues on appeal that the transfer of jurisdiction was improper under the transfer provision of the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. § 1911(b) (1983) (ICWA), because he objected to the transfer and because good cause existed for the children...

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