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).
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.
