ICWA Notice Case out of Alabama

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Moreover, the record indicates that the tribe [Stockbridge-Munsee] received the inquiry form from DHR on November 7, 2014, less than a week before the juvenile court conducted the November 13, 2014, termination hearing. Section 1912(a) dictates that no termination of parental rights proceeding pertaining to an Indian child may be conducted until at least 10 days after an Indian tribe has received the noticed required in that section.
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Therefore, we reverse the juvenile court’s judgment insofar as it terminated the mother’s parental rights to the child, and we remand the cause for the juvenile court to comply with the provisions of the ICWA . . .