In the MATTER OF the DEPENDENCY OF Z.J.G. and M.E.J.G., minor children.
Supreme Court of Washington.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued June 25, 2020.
Filed September 3, 2020.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Tara Urs , La Rond Baker, King County Department of Public Defense, 710 2nd Ave. Ste. 200, Seattle, WA, 98104-1703, for Petitioner.
Ariell Rayko Ikeda , Attorney at Law, 800 5th Ave. Ste. 200, Seattle, WA, 98104-3107, Kelly L. Taylor , Office of the Attorney General, 800 5th Ave. Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98104-3188, Peter B. Gonick , Washington Attorney General's Office, Po Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, for Respondent.
Kathleen Carney Martin , Dependency CASA Program, 401 4th Ave. N. Rm. 3081, Kent, WA, 98032-4429, for Guardian Ad Litem.
Jennifer Masako Yogi , Sarracina Littlebird, Attorney at Law, 401 2nd Ave. S. Ste. 407, Seattle, WA, 98104-3811, for Amicus Curiae Northwest Justice Project.
Ronald John Whitener , Center of Indigenous Research and Justice, 5033 Harrison Ave. Nw, Olympia, WA, 98502-5083, Kathryn E. Fort , Michigan State University College of Law, 648 N. Shaw Lane, Room 216k, East Lansing, MI, 48824, Madeline Soboleff Levy , 9097 Glacier Highway, Juneau, AK, 99801, for Amicus Curiae Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
Brooke Pinkham , Robert S. Chang , Seattle University School of Law, 901 12th Ave., Seattle, WA, 98122-4411, for Amici Curiae American Indian Law Professors, Center for Indian Law & Policy, and Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality.
Diana Siri Breaux , Summit Law Group, 315 5th Ave. S. Ste. 1000, Seattle, WA, 98104-2682, for Amicus Curiae Margaret Jacobs.
Colleen Shea-Brown , Legal Counsel For Youth and Children, Po Box 28629, Seattle, WA, 98118-8629, for Amicus Curiae Legal Counsel for Youth and Children.
Hillary Ann Behrman , Alexandria Marie Hohman , The Washington Defender Association, 110 Prefontaine Place South, #610, Seattle, WA, 98104-2626, for Amicus Curiae Washington Defender Association.
Lauren Grace Johansen , Attorney at Law, 1401 E. Jefferson St. Ste. 200, Seattle, WA, 98122-5570, for Other Parties.
MONTOYA-LEWIS, J.
¶ 1 In Native American communities across the country, many families tell stories of family members they have lost to the systems of child welfare, adoption, boarding schools, and other institutions that separated Native children from their families and tribes. This history is a living part of tribal communities, with scars...
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