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Mahaney v. Mahaney

Citations

  • 146 Wash. 2d 878
  • 51 P.3d 776
  • 2002 Wash. LEXIS 479

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that \[b]oth federal and Washington law are settled that court proceedings deciding matters of child custody should aim to protect the child's best interests.\
  • explaining that “[b]oth federal and Washington law are settled that court proceedings deciding matters of child custody should aim to protect the child’s best interests”
  • observing that ICWA’s applicability “should not signal to state courts that state law is replaced by the act’s mandate”
  • discussing ICWA’s guidelines in the context of a non-parental custody action
  • strict reading of the guidelines held at odds with the special circumstances of the case
  • the state trial court considered the applicability of the ICWA as part of its hearing on the issue of custody

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Judges: Chambers, Ireland

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