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IN RE J.L.

No. 22227.

654 N.W.2d 786 (2002)

2002 SD 144

In Interest of J.L., Minor Child.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided November 26, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Rosenbaum, Sioux City, Iowa, Attorney for intervenors and appellants W.S. and S.S.

Linda Kogel, Vermillion, South Dakota, Attorney for appellee mother.

Phil Peterson, Beresford, South Dakota, Guardian Ad Litem, Attorney for J.L.

PER CURIAM.

[¶ 1.] Intervenors W.S. and S.S. (foster parents) appeal a circuit court order transferring jurisdiction over this child abuse and neglect case to the Tribal Court of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] J.L., the child at issue, was born on August 31, 2000. J.L. and his parents are Native American and J.L. and M.S., mother, are enrolled members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

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