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PEOPLE EX REL. T.I.

Nos. 23581, 23587 and 23597.

707 N.W.2d 826 (2005)

2005 SD 125

The PEOPLE of the State of South Dakota in the Interest of T.I. and T.I., Minor Children, and C.I. and D.B., Respondents, and Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe and Yankton Sioux Tribe, Intervenors.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided December 21, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christy Griffin Serr, Aberdeen, for appellant Mother C.I.

William D. Gerdes, Aberdeen, for appellant Father D.B.

Kelly Marnette, Aberdeen, Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, for appellees Minor Children.

Ann M. Holzhauser, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, for appellee State of South Dakota.

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] In this abuse and neglect proceeding, governed by the provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), the circuit court declined transfer of jurisdiction to tribal court and terminated the mother and father's parental rights. We affirm.

Background

[¶ 2.] The mother and father are the biological parents of T.I. (Son 1), born August 18, 1997, and T.I. (Son 2), born March 2, 1999. At the commencement of these...

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