Caselaw Regarding ICWA
The first Supreme Court case dealing with ICWA was the 1989 case Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield (490 U.S. 30, 109 S.Ct. 1597). This Court ruled that the ICWA gives the tribal court exclusive jurisdiction over a case where the parent was domiciled on the reservation, no matter what their own personal desires are in the custody case.
The Supreme Court will also hear arguments directly related to the ICWA in the case Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, in early 2013.
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