· 6/11/2009
In Re Trever I.
Citations
- 2009 ME 59
- 973 A.2d 752
- 2009 Me. LEXIS 58
How courts have described this case
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- noting that “the party asserting the applicability of the ICWA has the burden to provide sufficient information to at least put the court or Department on notice that the child may be an ‘Indian child,’ within the meaning of the ICWA, and that further inquiry is necessary”
- child welfare agency properly investigated father’s vague claim of Indian heritage by notifying BIA of supporting information
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Judges: Saufley, Clifford, Alexander, Levy, Silver, Mead
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