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· 10/15/1853

Commonwealth v. Ordway

Citations

  • 66 Mass. 270

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • emphasizing the difference between “must” and “should” in the ICWA regulation
  • reversing termination because expert witness did not meet ICWA’s statutory requirements
  • while experts were qualified to testify to tribal customs and standards and had backgrounds involving ICWA, they lacked sufficient expertise to opine on likelihood of harm to child if returned to parent's custody

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