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IN RE N.V.

No. 07-0583.

744 N.W.2d 634 (2008)

In the Interest of N.V. and P.V., Minor Children, State of Iowa, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 15, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Bruce Kempkes, Assistant Attorney General, and Andrea Vitzhum, Assistant County Attorney, for appellant.

Jeffrey S. Rasmussen of Olson Allen & Rasmussen, L.L.P., Bloomington, MN, and Patrick Wilson, Marshalltown, for appellee Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa.

Victoria Meade, West Des Moines, for appellee-mother.

David Pargulski, Des Moines, for appellee-father.

Christine Bisignano, West Des Moines, for minor children.

WIGGINS, Justice.

We must decide whether the district court properly transferred this case to the tribal court. Because the State failed to provide a legal basis for the district court to deny the transfer of this case to the tribal court, we affirm the district court's order.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

The State filed a child in need of assistance (CINA) petition regarding N.V. and P.V. in September 2005. The father of the children...

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