In Re the Adoption of F.H.

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• holding mother’s preference for placement with non-Indian, adoptive parents was appropriate factor in finding good cause
• interpreting an earlier version and explaining that “[a]lthough the Guidelines do not have binding effect, this court has looked to them for guidance”
• considering an Indian child's bond with a foster parent the child had lived with \from June 1990 until June 1991\ as part of the good cause for deviating from the placement preferences
• considering an Indian child's bond with a foster parent the child had lived with \from June 1990 until June 1991\ as part of the good cause for deviating from the placement preferences
• honoring parental preference for placement of child with non-Indian foster parents
• good cause determination within court’s discretion and will be reversed only if court abused its discretion or if controlling factual findings clearly erroneous

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