IN RE INTEREST OF ZYLENA R.

Nos. S-11-659, S-11-660.

825 N.W.2d 173 (2012)

284 Neb. 834

In re INTEREST OF ZYLENA R. and Adrionna R., Children Under 18 years of age. State of Nebraska, Appellee and Cross-Appellee, v. Elise M., Appellant, and Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, Intervenor-Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Langemach , Lincoln, for appellant.

Joe Kelly , Lancaster County Attorney, Alicia B. Henderson , and Christopher M. Turner for appellee.

Rita Grimm and Rosalynd J. Koob , of Heidman Law Firm, L.L.P., for intervenor-appellee.

Hazell G. Rodriguez , guardian ad litem.

HEAVICAN, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.


STEPHAN, J.

Zylena R. and Adrionna R. are Indian children who were adjudicated by the separate juvenile court of Lancaster County under Neb.Rev.Stat. § 43-247(3)(a) (Reissue 2008) and placed in foster care. When the State filed motions to terminate parental rights, the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska (the Tribe) sought to transfer the proceedings to the Omaha Tribal Court pursuant to the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of

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