Michigan Court Improvement Program Publishes ICWA Resource Guide for Mich. Judges and Practitioners

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From the CIP website:

    Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Committee
    Child Welfare Services staff liaisons: Angel Sorrells, Maribeth Preston, and Bayo Callender

    The Court Improvement Program created a special workgroup which met four times from September, 2008, to May, 2009, and authored an ICWA Court Resource Guide. The guide, published in September of 2009, contains best practice tips for courts on how to implement the ICWA. The workgroup consisted of representatives from circuit and probate court judges associations, probate registers, court administrators, the Department of Human Services, prosecutors, and the federally recognized tribes in Michigan.