Here is the unpublished opinion in In re R.L.Z. (Minn. App.). An excerpt:
On appeal from the district court’s denial of a tribe’s motion to transfer this proceeding to terminate parental rights to tribal court, appellant Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (the Band) argues that good cause to deny its motion did not exist because: (a) the Band filed its motion promptly after receiving notice of the proceedings, which were not at an advanced stage at that time; (b) the record before the district court did not indicate that transfer would create undue hardship on the parties or the witnesses; and (c) the district court improperly based its denial of the Band’s motion on the child’s best interests. We reverse.