ADOPTIVE COUPLE v. BABY GIRL

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Fiddler , of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Raymond W. Godwin and Julie M. Rau , both of Greenville, and Robert Norris Hill , of Newberry, all for Appellants.

John S. Nichols , of Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado, of Columbia, Lesley Ann Sasser and Shannon Phillips Jones , both of Charleston, all for Respondent, Birth Father.

Chrissi R. Nimmo , of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for Respondent, Cherokee Nation.

James Fletcher Thompson , of Spartanburg, and Philip McCarthy , of Flagstaff, Arizona, for Amicus Curiae, the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys.

Dione Cherie Carroll , of Miami, Florida, for Amici Curiae, the Catawba Indian Nation, the North American Council on Adoptable Children, the Child Welfare League of America, the National Indian Child Welfare Association, and the Association on American Indian Affairs.

Thomas P. Lowndes, Jr. , of Charleston, for the Guardian ad Litem.