Tag: Federal Indian Child Welfare Act

United States Supreme Court reverses on South Carolina Indian Adoption case

June 25, 2013

In a highly anticipated case that generated much local notoriety, and in which some of my friends and colleagues participated, the United States Supreme Court

Supreme Court applies Federal Indian Child Welfare Act to prevent adoption

July 27, 2012

The July 26, 2012 South Carolina Supreme Court opinion in Adoptive Couple v. Cherokee Nation, 398 S.C. 625, 731 S.E.2d 550 (2012), had been long anticipated.  The story