In the MATTER OF the ADOPTION OF T.A.W.,
R.B. and C.B., Petitioners,
v.
C.W., Respondent.
Supreme Court of Washington, EN BANC.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 24, 2016.
Filed October 27, 2016.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William Robin Penoyar , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 425, South Bend, WA, 98586-0425, Mark David Fiddler , Attorney at Law, 6800 France Ave. S., Ste. 190, Minneapolis, MN, 55435, for Petitioners.
Casey Grannis , Nielsen Broman & Koch, PLLC, 1908 E. Madison St., Seattle, WA, 98122-2842, for Respondent.
Alan C. Baker , Risley Law Office, PLLC, 1443 Idaho St., P.O. Box 1247, Lewiston, ID, 83501-2558, Aditya Dynar , 500 East Coronado Road, Phoenix, AZ, 85004, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Goldwater Institute.
Timothy Alan Rybka , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 2733, Ferndale, WA, 98248-2733, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe.
Craig Jones Dorsay , Dorsay & Easton LLP, 1 S.W. Columbia St., Ste. 440, Portland, OR, 97258-2005, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Samish Indian Nation.
Mark Marston Demaray , Law Offices of Mark M. Demaray Inc. PS, 145 3rd Ave. S., Ste. 201, Edmonds, WA, 98020-3593, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Academy of Adoption Attorneys.
FAIRHURST, J.
¶ 1 T.A.W. is an "Indian child" under the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901-1963, as well as the Washington State Indian Child Welfare Act (WICWA), chapter 13.38 RCW. T.A.W.'s biological father, C.W. is non-Indian,1 and T.A.W.'s mother, C.B., is Indian and...
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