Adoptive Couple, v. Baby Girl, a Minor Under the Age of Fourteen Years, Birth Father, and the Cherokee Nation: NACC joined an amicus brief requesting that the United States Supreme Court grant cert to clarify the scope of ICWA, in particular whether a non-custodial parent can invoke ICWA to block an adoption initiated by a non-Indian custodial parent and whether an unwed biological father who is not considered a “parent” under state law is nevertheless a “parent” under ICWA.
Haaland v. Brackeen: NACC and 30 children’s rights organizations filed an amicus brief urging the United States Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).
Haaland v. Brackeen: NACC joined partners in an amicus brief urging the United States Supreme Court to accept cert on the question of the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).
