IN RE A.B.

No. 20020309.

663 N.W.2d 625 (2003)

2003 ND 98

In the Interest of A.B. Norean Hoots, L.S.W., Petitioner and Appellant, v. K.B., Respondent and Appellee. F.B., A.B., and Monty Mertz, Guardian ad Litem, Respondents. Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Intervenor and Appellee.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

June 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Lynne Bailey, Assistant State's Attorney, Cass County Social Services, Fargo, N.D., for petitioner and appellant.

Douglas W. Nesheim (on brief), Johnson, Ramstad & Mottinger, PLLP, Fargo, N.D., for respondent and appellee.

B.J. Jones (argued), Rapid City, S.D., for intervenor and appellee.


VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Norean Hoots, a social worker with Cass County Social Services, ("Cass County") appealed from a juvenile court order granting a motion by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians ("Turtle Mountain Tribe") under the Indian Child Welfare Act ("ICWA"), 25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq., to transfer jurisdiction of a parental termination proceeding from state juvenile court to the Turtle Mountain Tribal Court ("Tribal Court"). We...

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