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Iowa Supreme Court
Two State Supreme Court Cases Decided This Week
The first, In the Interest of N.N.E., an Iowa Supreme Court case involving the Tyme Maidu Tribe in California, struck down a portion of the Iowa ICWA.
The second, Langdeau v. Langdeau, a South Dakota Supreme Court case involving an Indian Country divorce proceeding, rejected exclusive tribal court jurisdiction over the case.
Iowa Supreme Court Orders Transfer of Indian Child Case to Sac and Fox Tribal Court
Here is the opinion In the Interest of N.V.
And a news article about the decision from the Des Moines Register. An excerpt:
The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the custody of two children whose parents had been in jail may be transferred to the tribal court of the Sac and Fox Tribe.
Iowa Supreme Court Strikes Down Portion of Iowa ICWA
In In the Interest of A.W. the Iowa Supreme Court held that the Iowa ICWA‘s definition of “Indian child” violated the Equal Protection Clause. The definition included Indian children who were not eligible for membership in any tribe (“‘Indian child’ or ‘child’ means an unmarried Indian person who is under eighteen years of age or a child who is under eighteen years of age that an Indian tribe identifies as a child of the tribe’s community.“, Iowa Code 223B.3.6), or what the Court referred to as “ethnic Indians.” In doing so, the Court held that the trial court order allowing the intervention of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska was invalid.
A video of the oral argument before the Iowa Supreme Court can be viewed here.
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