PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF C.R.W.

#29111, #29117.

962 N.W.2d 730 (2021)

2021 S.D. 42

The PEOPLE of the State of South Dakota IN the INTEREST OF C.R.W., Child, and Concerning D.S. and J.R.W., Respondents, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

OPINION FILED July 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DANA L. HANNA , Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorney for intervenor and appellant, Oglala Sioux Tribe.

ILISJA DUFFY , Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorney for respondent and appellant, D.S.

COURT W. ROPER , Special Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for petitioner and appellee, State of South Dakota.

GARY D. JENSEN of Beardsley, Jensen & Lee, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellee, C.R.W., Child.


[¶1.] D.S. (Mother) and J.R.W. (Father) are the biological parents of C.R.W., who was the subject of an abuse and neglect proceeding before the circuit court. The Oglala Sioux Tribe (the Tribe) intervened in the proceeding pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). The Tribe moved to disqualify C.R.W.'s attorney...

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