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Colorado justices weigh need for tribal engagement in potential ‘Indian child’ cases
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday considered whether state law requires tribal nations to be contacted when a child in a welfare case potentially falls under the longstanding protections afforded to American Indian children, but the evidence of tribal lineage is still minimal. Congress enacted the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) to…
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‘Indian child’ welfare cases continue to surface at state Supreme Court, appeals court
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The question of when juvenile court judges have “reason to know” they are dealing with an American Indian child, thereby triggering longstanding protections for tribal nations, continues to surface in Colorado’s appellate courts. This week, the Colorado Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on the subject, two months after holding oral arguments in a…
