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PEOPLE EX REL. DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES

No. 25655.

795 N.W.2d 39 (2011)

2011 S.D. 8

The PEOPLE of the State of South Dakota, ex rel. SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, In the Matter of D.W., Abused/Neglected Child.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided March 2, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marty J. Jackley , Attorney General, Ann M. Holzhauser , Special Assistant Attorney General, Attorneys for appellee State of South Dakota.

Elizabeth Maria Lorina of Lorina & Cesna, LLP, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellant Oglala Sioux Tribe.

Emily Sovell , Onida, South Dakota, Attorney for appellee Child D.W.

PER CURIAM.

[¶ 1.] The Oglala Sioux Tribe appeals the circuit court's judgment finding that good cause existed for placement of D.W. (Child) in an adoptive home outside the placement preferences of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).

Facts and Procedural Background

[¶ 2.] On August 22, 2006, the State filed a petition in Jones County alleging that Child and his half-brother (Brother), then ages...

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