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IN RE ADOPTION OF B.G.J.

No. 91,997.

33 Kan.App. 2d 894 (2005)

111 P.3d 651

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF B.G.J.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Petition for review granted September 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margie J. Phelps, of Topeka, and Rachel I. Hockenbarger, of Phelps-Chartered, of Topeka, for appellant Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.

Martin W. Bauer and Teresa L. Mah, of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, L.L.P., of Wichita, and Michael J. Belfonte, of Michael J. Belfonte, P.C., of Kansas City, Missouri, for appellees adoptive parents.

Before HILL, P.J., MARQUARDT and JOHNSON, JJ.

Petition for review granted 280 Kan. ___ (September 20, 2005).

HILL, J.:

In this case we are asked to decide if the district court had sufficient cause to deviate from the adoption placement preferences established in the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq. (2000). While it is true that the Act establishes adoption preferences, if there is good cause, courts do not have to follow them...

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