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- Title
ADOPTIVE COUPLE V. BABY GIRL: THE SUPREME COURT'S DISTORTED INTERPRETATION OF THE INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT OF 1978.
- Authors
Di Palma, Jessica
- Abstract
The article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's determination in the 2013 case Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl that the nation's Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) does not apply in cases where a biological parent abandoned an Indian child before it was born and never had custody of the child. Statutory interpretations and the U.S. Congress are mentioned, along with the American Constitution's Indian Commerce Clause. Parental rights and legal protections for Indian children are examined.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ADOPTIVE Couple v. Baby Girl (Supreme Court case); INTERPRETATION &; construction of American law; INDIAN Child Welfare Act of 1978 (U.S.); LEGAL status of Native American children; PARENT-child legal relationship; ADOPTION laws; LEGAL status of birthparents; UNITED States. Supreme Court
- Publication
Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, 2014, Vol 47, Issue 2, p523
- ISSN
0147-9857
- Publication type
Article