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IN RE ADOPTION OF KENTEN H.

No. S-06-204.

725 N.W.2d 548 (2007)

272 Neb. 846

In re ADOPTION OF KENTEN H. Meaghan H., appellant, v. Mark J. and Sheryl J., appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 5, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Knapp, Lincoln, for appellant.

Susan K. Sapp and Stanton N. Beeder, of Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P., Lincoln, for appellees.

Jon Bruning, Attorney General, and B. Gail Steen, Special Assistant Attorney General, for amicus curiae Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.

HEAVICAN, C.J., CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.

STEPHAN, J.

Meaghan H., the biological mother of Kenten H., petitioned the county court for Lancaster County to vacate the adoption of Kenten pursuant to the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act (NICWA), Neb.Rev. Stat. §§ 43-1501 to 43-1516 (Reissue 2004). The matter was assigned to the separate juvenile court of Lancaster County, which had entered the decree of adoption, and that court granted a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim filed by the adoptive...

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