The Prairie Law Blog has been reporting on the high-profile ICWA case of
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, which has become known in U.S. media
outlets as the "Baby Veronica" case. (See our previous posts of June 28, 2013 and September 5, 2013
for more information on the background of the case.) In an emotional
turn of events, Baby Veronica was handed over to her adoptive parents on
Monday after the Oklahoma Supreme Court lifted an emergency stay which
had allowed Veronica to stay in the custody of her biological father in
Oklahoma. As reported by CBS News,
the Oklahoma Supreme Court's decision to lift the stay was not
unanimous. For a local perspective on this issue, the South Dakota
Public Broadcasting website has made available an interview with Saunie
Wilson, a former juvenile court judge on the Pine Ridge Reservation, and
Raymond Cournoyer, ICWA Director of the Yankton Sioux Tribe. Click here to listen to the interview.
(This entry was originally written and posted by Sarah Kammer)
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