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IN RE S.F.

No. 106,601. Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

230 P.3d 911 (2009)

2010 OK CIV APP 5

In the Matter of S.F., C.G., and M.G., Alleged Deprived Children. State of Oklahoma, Petitioner, v. Samuel Givens and Donna Givens, Respondents, and Michael Wood, Respondent/Appellant, and Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Intervenor/Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

December 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron T. Corbett, Corbett Law Firm, PLLC, Oklahoma City, OK, for Respondent/Appellant.

Shanna Burgin, Assistant Attorney General, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Okmulgee, OK, for Intervenor/Appellee.

KENNETH L. BUETTNER, Judge.

¶ 1 Respondent/Appellant Michael Wood, natural father of S.F., appeals from the trial court's denial of his motion to reconsider the trial court's order transferring jurisdiction of this case to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Tribal Court. The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) provides that either parent may object to a request to transfer a proceeding to tribal court. The trial court transferred this deprived action to tribal court at...

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