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IN RE SNK

No. C-03-5.

78 P.3d 1032 (2003)

2003 WY 141

In the Interest of SNK, a minor child. Northern Arapaho Tribe, Appellant (Intervenor), v. The State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services, Appellee (Petitioner).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

November 4, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Andrew Baldwin and Christopher J. Schneider of Baldwin & Crocker, P.C., Lander, WY. Argument by Mr. Schneider.

Representing Appellee: Patrick J. Crank, Attorney General; Michael L. Hubbard, Deputy Attorney General; Dan S. Wilde, Senior Assistant Attorney General; and Sandra Siel Kitchen, of Copenhaver, Kath & Kitchen, LLC, Powell, WY as Guardian ad Litem for SNK. Argument by Mr. Wilde.

Before HILL, C.J., and GOLDEN, LEHMAN, KITE, and VOIGT, JJ.

LEHMAN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Appellant, the Northern Arapaho Tribe (Tribe), seeks review of the district court's order continuing the placement of the minor child involved in this case, SNK, in a non-Indian foster home. Essentially, the Tribe argues that the district court in rendering its decision improperly determined that the "existing Indian family" exception to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) applied. After our review, we hold that the issues presented are...

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