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· 6/21/1983

In Re the Appeal in Maricopa County Juvenile Action No. A-25525

Citations

  • 667 P.2d 228
  • 136 Ariz. 528
  • 1983 Ariz. App. LEXIS 467

How courts have described this case

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  • “[I]t must be remembered that it is the child’s best interests which are of primary concern in adoption proceedings.”
  • child’s removal from placement with whom it bonded would cause “psychological damage” relevant in finding good 9 THE NAVAJO NATION v. DCS, B.P. Decision of the Court cause to deviate from ICWA’s adoptive placement preference
  • “We think Congress has . . . evidenced its intent not to extend the ICWA to a child whose mother is non-Indian and whose father has failed to come forward and lay legal claim to the child.”

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Judges: Meyerson, Haire, Eubank

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