IN RE M.K.T.

No. 113,110.

368 P.3d 771 (2016)

2016 OK 4

In the Matter of M.K.T., C.D.T., and S.A.W., Deprived Children: State of Oklahoma, Petitioner/Appellant, v. Tracey Nicole Pigg (Natural Mother), Clayton Willbourn (Natural Father), Respondents/Appellants, and Patty Duckworth (Foster Mother), Appellant, and S.A.W., Appellant, and Cherokee Nation, Intervenor/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected February 1, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Becki A. Murphy , Murphy Francy PLLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Appellant, Foster Mother.

Larisa Grecu-Radu , Assistant District Attorney, Tulsa County Juvenile Bureau, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Appellant, State of Oklahoma.

Kacie R. Cresswell , Owasso, Oklahoma, for Minor Child, S.A.W.

Delorus Crawford , Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Natural Mother.

Brian Wilkerson , Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Natural Father.

Robert Garcia , Assistant Attorney General of Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for Intervenor/Appellee.

Chrissi Ross Nimmo , Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for Intervenor/Appellee.


¶ 1 The district court ordered the transfer of a minor child, S.A.W., to a foster-adoption home that was in compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act and the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act, and in the bests interests of the child. Foster mother, natural mother, father, child, and the State appealed. We hold the proper standard...

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