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IN RE ABBIGAIL A.

No. S220187.

1 Cal.5th 83 (2016)

204 Cal. Rptr. 3d 760

375 P.3d 879

In re ABBIGAIL A. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOSEPH A. et al. Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

July 14, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Whisenhunt and Robyn Truitt Drivon , County Counsel, Traci F. Lee , Assistant County Counsel, and Lilly C. Frawley , Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Stacey Kim-Jackson for Home Forever as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Jennifer B. Henning ; Theresa G. Goldner , County Counsel (Kern), Karen S. Barnes , Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Bryan C. Walters , Deputy County Counsel, for The California State Association of Counties as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Konrad S. Lee , under appointment by the Supreme Court, and M. Elizabeth Handy for Defendants and Respondents.

Mark Radoff , Delia Parr and Mark Vezzola for California Indian Legal Services, 45 California Indian Tribes, California Indian Law Association and Tribal STAR as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Kimball J.P. Sargeant , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Minors.

John C. Cruden , Assistant Attorney General, Amber Blaha , Assistant Section Chief, and J. Brett Grosko , Trial Attorney, for The United States as Amicus Curiae.

OPINION

The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.) (ICWA) establishes minimum federal standards a state court must follow when removing an Indian child from his or her family. Congress has defined "Indian child" for these purposes as "any unmarried...

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