IN RE ADOPTION OF A.B.

No. 20080211.

245 P.3d 711 (2010)

2010 UT 55

In the matter of the ADOPTION OF A.B. and D.T., persons under eighteen years of age. Navajo Nation, Appellant, v. State of Utah, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. Andrew Fitzgerald , Moab, for appellant.

Mark L. Shurtleff , Att'y Gen., John M. Peterson , Carol L.C. Verdoia , Asst. Att'ys Gen., Wesley D. Hutchins , Salt Lake City, for appellee.

Martha M. Pierce , Salt Lake City, for the Office of the Guardian Ad Litem.


On Certification from the Utah Court of Appeals

NEHRING, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 This appeal arises from a juvenile court order that granted the adoption of two children who are both enrolled members of the Navajo Nation (the "Nation") by their non-Indian foster parents. The Nation challenges the adoption order and several other juvenile court orders concerning the children. The Nation, however, failed to comply with an essential procedural...

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