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EMPSON-LAVIOLETTE v. CRAGO

Docket No. 284041.

760 N.W.2d 793 (2008)

280 Mich. App. 620

EMPSON-LAVIOLETTE v. CRAGO.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided September 11, 2008, at 9:05 a.m.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michigan Indian Legal Services, Inc. (by Thomas R. Myers), for the plaintiff.

Schuitmaker, Cooper, Schuitmaker, Cypher & Knotek, P.C. (by Theresa J. Cypher), Paw Paw, for the defendant.

Before: METER, P.J., and HOEKSTRA and SERVITTO, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff, Stephanie Empson-Laviolette (Empson), an enrolled member of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (Tribe), appeals by right the trial court's order granting sole custody of her son, Z.E., to appellees Shannon and Tricia Scott. Below, pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 25 USC 1901 et seq., Empson moved the trial court to dismiss the Scotts' motion for custody and to return Z.E. to her custody because she had withdrawn her...

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