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MATTER OF APPEAL IN PIMA COUNTY, ETC.

No. 2 CA-CIV 4083.

130 Ariz. 202 (1981)

635 P.2d 187

In the Matter of the APPEAL IN PIMA COUNTY JUVENILE ACTION NO. S-903.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2.

Review Denied October 14, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc. by Joyce Edline Holsey, Tucson, for appellant.

Ann M. Haralambie, Tucson, for appellee.

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

Appellant, natural mother of an Indian child, brings this appeal from a juvenile court order severing her parental rights. This case is governed by the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 and is one of first impression in this state. We agree with appellant that reversal is required.

Congressional investigation of child custody proceedings involving Indian children culminated in passage of the Act. In the Act, Congress declared...

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