In re K.B.
Annotate this CaseMother was an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe. Her two minor children both qualified as Indian children under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). After the Department of Public Health and Human Services was granted temporary legal custody of the children, the county attorney filed a petition requesting termination of Mother's parental rights due to failure to comply with a court-ordered treatment plan. At the conclusion of the hearing, the district court terminated Mother's parental rights. Mother appealed, alleging that the court terminated her parental rights without following the requirements of the ICWA. The Supreme Court reversed and remanded for a new termination hearing, holding that the termination proceedings did not comply with the mandates of ICWA and its parallel state provisions.
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