IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF ELIZA W.

No. S-18-1141.

938 N.W.2d 307 (2020)

304 Neb. 995

IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF ELIZA W., a minor child. Susan W., appellee, v. Tara W., appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed February 7, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Seagrass , of Legal Aid of Nebraska, for appellant.

Ashley L. Albertsen , Melissa M. Oestmann , and Jacob A. Acers , of Smith, Slusky, Pohren & Rogers, L.L.P., Omaha, for appellee.

Heavican, C.J., Miller-Lerman, Cassel, Stacy, Funke, Papik, and Freudenberg, JJ.


The federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act (NICWA) provide specific procedures and requirements that apply in certain proceedings involving the custody and adoption of and termination of parental rights to Native American children. This case requires us to decide whether those procedures and requirements...

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