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Oral Arguments Scheduled for March in Indian Child Welfare Act Case

January 25, 2019 John Kelly Comments Off on Oral Arguments Scheduled for March in Indian Child Welfare Act Case

The legal challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), a 40-year-old law passed to protect Native American families from child welfare system intrusion, has its next court date set. Oral arguments in the appeal […]

Adoption

Top Stories of 2018: Foster Parent Recruitment and Retention

December 17, 2018 John Kelly Comments Off on Top Stories of 2018: Foster Parent Recruitment and Retention

Each day for the next two weeks, we’ll count down 10 of the biggest stories The Chronicle of Social Change published in 2018. In each, we’ll connect readers with a few links to our coverage […]

Child Welfare

Federal Court Puts Indian Child Welfare Act Decision on Hold; Feds Join Appeal

December 4, 2018 John Kelly Comments Off on Federal Court Puts Indian Child Welfare Act Decision on Hold; Feds Join Appeal

The Fifth District Court of Appeals has issued a stay in the case involving an October federal district court decision that struck down the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). The decision means that states must follow ICWA […]

Child Welfare

State Actions on Indian Child Welfare Act Since Federal Judge Struck It Down

November 30, 2018 John Kelly Comments Off on State Actions on Indian Child Welfare Act Since Federal Judge Struck It Down

As we reported last week, several tribes have appealed the recent ruling striking down the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), and are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to issue a stay on the lower court’s […]

Adoption

Tribes Appeal, Seek Stay on Indian Child Welfare Act Ruling; Feds Yet to Act

November 21, 2018 John Kelly Comments Off on Tribes Appeal, Seek Stay on Indian Child Welfare Act Ruling; Feds Yet to Act

Several tribes have formally appealed last month’s decision in a federal district court that the 40-year-old Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) is in part unconstitutional. In Brackeen v. Zinke, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor ruled […]

Child Welfare

Judge Denies Harm Could Be Caused by Ruling Against Indian Child Welfare Act

October 30, 2018 Christie Renick Comments Off on Judge Denies Harm Could Be Caused by Ruling Against Indian Child Welfare Act

A federal judge in Texas this week denied a stay of his previous ruling on the Indian Child Welfare Act in the Brackeen vs. Zinke lawsuit, saying the defendants failed to demonstrate that harm or injury […]

Child Welfare

Tribes Will Seek Stay on Indian Child Welfare Act Ruling, Feds Response in Limbo

October 10, 2018 John Kelly Comments Off on Tribes Will Seek Stay on Indian Child Welfare Act Ruling, Feds Response in Limbo

Late last week, a federal judge ruled that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was unconstitutional, leaving in jeopardy a 40-year-old law meant to protect a tribe’s ability to prevent the removal of children from […]

Analysis

The Nation’s First Family Separation Policy

October 9, 2018 Christie Renick Comments Off on The Nation’s First Family Separation Policy

In the late 1960s, while employed by the Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA), a New York-based attorney named Bertram Hirsch was sent to North Dakota to assist with a kinship dispute case on behalf […]

Child Welfare

Brown Signs Law to Ease Licensing Path for Relatives, Vetoes Foster Care Mobile Response Plan

October 8, 2018 Jeremy Loudenback Comments Off on Brown Signs Law to Ease Licensing Path for Relatives, Vetoes Foster Care Mobile Response Plan

As California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) prepares to leave office at the end of the year, the last round of child welfare legislation under his watch includes a new law to ease the path of […]

Child Welfare

Indian Child Welfare Act Under Fire: Federal Judge Strikes Down 40-Year-Old Law, Appeals Could Lead to Supreme Court

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A federal judge has declared unconstitutional a 40-year-old law that was passed to protect against the separation of American Indian children from their families and tribes by state-run child welfare systems. In Brackeen v. Zinke, […]

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