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· 9/10/2013

Tyrus H. Thompson and Ja'Ree C. Thompson v. Fairfax County Department of Family Services

Citations

  • 62 Va. App. 350
  • 747 S.E.2d 838

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  • stating that the abuse of discretion standard \requires a reviewing court to show enough deference to a primary decisionmaker's judgment that the court does not reverse merely because it would have come to a different result in the first instance\ (quotation marks omitted)
  • “ICWA allows tribes to seek the transfer to a tribal court in two kinds of proceedings: ‘foster care placement’ and ‘termination of parental rights.’ ”
  • “ICWA allows tribes to seek the transfer to a tribal court in two kinds of proceedings: ‘foster care placement’ and ‘termination of parental rights.’”

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Judges: Elder, Petty, McCullough

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