Review Sought For Use Of ICWA In Private Parental Rights Cases

( August 7, 2017, 1:55 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Applying the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) to private termination of parental rights disputes where a public agency is not involved violates families’ due process and equal protection rights, two children in such a dispute told the U.S. Supreme Court July 17 in their petition for writ of certiorari (S.S., et al. v. The Colorado River Indian Tribes, et al., No. 17-95, U.S. Sup., 2017 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 2455)....

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