IN RE R.E.K.F.

Nos. 04-1864, 05-0251.

698 N.W.2d 147 (2005)

In the Interest of R.E.K.F., Minor Child, G. F., Father, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 10, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irene A. Schrunk, Sioux City, for appellant father of R.E.K.F.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kathrine S. Miller-Todd and Tabitha Gardner, Assistant Attorneys General, Thomas S. Mullin, County Attorney, and Dewey Sloan, Assistant County Attorney, for resister State of Iowa.

Marchelle Denker of the Juvenile Law Center, Sioux City, guardian ad litem for minor children.


STREIT, Justice.

A father appeals the termination of his parental rights to his daughter. He contends the State did not comply with the tribal notice provisions of the Iowa Indian Child Welfare Act. Because the State notified the wrong Indian tribe, we remand for further proceedings.

I. Facts and Prior Proceedings

Garrett is the putative father of Ruby, who was born in July 2003. Four months after her birth, Ruby was adjudicated a child-in-need-of...

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