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IN RE W.B.

No. S181638.

55 Cal.4th 30 (2012)

144 Cal. Rptr. 3d 843

281 P.3d 906

In re W.B., JR., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. W.B., JR., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 6, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan E. Demson , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Mark Radoff and Delia Parr for California Indian Legal Services as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Paulino G. Duran , Public Defender (Sacramento), Arthur L. Bowie and Randi Barrat , Assistant Public Defenders, for the Office of the Public Defender for Sacramento County as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons , Assistant Attorney General, Steven T. Oetting and Meredith S. White , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

W. Scott Thorpe ; and Albert C. Locher , Assistant District Attorney (Sacramento) for California District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Jennifer B. Henning for California State Association of Counties as Amicus Curiae.

OPINION

CORRIGAN, J. —

Passed in 1978, the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.) (ICWA, or the Act) formalizes federal policy relating to the placement of Indian children outside the family home. State courts presiding over adoption, guardianship, and dependency matters have become familiar with the many requirements of this federal law. Historically, however, ICWA provisions...

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