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IN RE M.H.

Nos. 1-11-0196, 1-11-0259, 1-11-0375.

956 N.E.2d 510 (2011)

353 Ill. Dec. 648

In re M.H., A Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Charlotte B. and Charles H., Respondents-Appellants (Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Intervenor-Appellant)).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

August 12, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abishi C. Cunningham, Jr. , Public Defender, of Cook County, Robert C. Drizin , Assistant Public Defender, for Respondent-Appellant Charlotte B.

Brian Collins , Chicago, for Respondent-Appellant Charles H.

Arthur D. Sutton , Arthur D. Sutton & Associates, Matteson, Joseph F. Halloran (pro hac vice), Sara K. Van Norman (pro hac vice), Jacobson, Buffalo, Magnuson, Anderson & Hogen, P.C., St. Paul, MN, for Intervenor-Appellant Bad River Band.

Robert F. Harris , Kass A. Plain , Susan S. Wigoda , Office of the Cook County Public Guardian, Chicago ( Jamie E. Knight , a second-year law student at Loyola University Chicago School of Law assisted in the preparation of the brief), for Minor-Respondent-Appellee.

Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Nancy Kisicki , Jessica R. Bargmann , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Petitioner-Appellee.

OPINION

Justice CAHILL delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Respondents, Charlotte B. and Charles H., are the biological parents of M.H., a minor. M.H. is an Indian child under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (Act) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq. (1994)) because she is eligible for membership in the respondent tribe, Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Tribe), due to her mother's status as an enrolled...

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