IN RE N.N.E.

No. 07-0123.

752 N.W.2d 1 (2008)

In the Interest of N.N.E., Minor Child, Tyme Maidu Tribe of the Berry Creek Rancheria, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosalynd J. Koob of Heidman, Redmond, Fredregill, Patterson, Plaza, Dykstra & Prahl, L.L.P., Sioux City, and Elizabeth A. Rosenbaum, Sioux City, for appellant.

Martha A. McMinn, Sioux City, for appellee-Maxine Buckmeier.

Suzan E. Boden of Vriezelaar, Tigges, Edgington, Bottaro, Boden & Ross, L.L.P., Sioux City, for appellee-mother.

David L. Gill, Sioux City, for appellee-GAL.


STREIT, Justice.

Shannon, an Iowa resident, is a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe located in California. She became pregnant and decided to give the child up for adoption. She chose a non-Indian family from Arizona to adopt her child. Because her child is eligible for membership in the tribe, the federal and Iowa Indian Child Welfare Acts (ICWA) apply to the child custody proceedings. On appeal, the tribe contests the preadoptive placement of the child...

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