Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl Cert Petition (South Carolina ICWA Case)

Here (we’ll post a pdf of the original when we get it):

Adoptive Couple v Baby Girl Cert Petition

No 12-__ Adoptive Couple v Baby Girl REDACTED

Questions presented:

(1) Whether a non-custodial parent can invoke ICWA to block an adoption voluntarily and lawfully initiated by a non-Indian parent under state law.
(2) Whether ICWA defines “parent” in 25 U.S.C. § 1903(9) to include an unwed biological father who has not complied with state law rules to attain legal status as a parent.
Lower court decision here.

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