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Here. The court conditionally reversed the trial court because of a lack of proper expert witness testimony (citing ICWA, MIFPA and the Guidelines). It also finds that the agency made active efforts–even if there was no testimony for each element … <a href="http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/mifpaicwa-expert-witness-and-active-efforts-case-out-of-michigan-coa/">Continue reading →</a>

MIFPA/ICWA Expert Witness and Active Efforts Case out of Michigan COA