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IN RE B.B.A.

No. 106,242. Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

224 P.3d 1285 (2009)

2009 OK CIV APP 80

In the Matter of B.B.A., Minor Child. Cherokee Nation, Appellant, v. L.S. and E.W. and Christina A., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

September 11, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara E. Hill, Tahlequah, OK, for Appellant.

M. Eileen Echols, David W. Echols, Amy L. Howe, Lindsey W. Andrews, Jonahan D. Echols, Echols and Associates, Oklahoma City, OK, for Appellees, Adoptive Parents.

ROBERT DICK BELL, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 Appellant, Cherokee Nation, appeals the district court's final decree of adoption of an Indian child in favor of a non-Indian family. The district court found the biological parents' unified voice concerning the placement and adoption of their Indian child with the non-Indian family was sufficient good cause to deviate from the preference requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. § 1901, et seq...

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