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<html><head></head><body>In June 2013, the Alaska Supreme Court held inÂ&nbsp;Native Village of Tununak v. Dep’t of Health &amp; Soc. Servs (Tununak I) that ICWA implicitly mandates that good cause to deviate from ICWA’s adoptive placement preferences must be proven by clear … <a href="http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2014/04/21/alaska-supreme-court-considers-whether-adoptive-couple-v-baby-girl-applies-to-state-initiated-child-protection-proceedings/">Continue reading →</a><figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter max-w-golden mx-auto text-center"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="" border="0" src="/api/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstats.wordpress.com%2Fb.gif%3Fhost%3Dturtletalk.wordpress.com%26blog%3D1804110%26post%3D40606%26subd%3Dturtletalk%26ref%3D%26feed%3D1" width="1" height="1" class="next-image object-cover"></figure> <a target="blank" href="http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2014/04/21/alaska-supreme-court-considers-whether-adoptive-couple-v-baby-girl-applies-to-state-initiated-child-protection-proceedings/">read more</a>
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In June 2013, the Alaska Supreme Court held inÂ&nbsp;Native Village of Tununak v. Dep’t of Health &amp; Soc. Servs (Tununak I) that ICWA implicitly mandates that good cause to deviate from ICWA’s adoptive placement preferences must be proven by clear … <a href="http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2014/04/21/alaska-supreme-court-considers-whether-adoptive-couple-v-baby-girl-applies-to-state-initiated-child-protection-proceedings/">Continue reading →</a>

Alaska Supreme Court considers whether Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl applies to State-initiated child protection proceedings