JEFF O. v. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY

No. 1 CA-JV 11-0019.

JEFF O., KAREN O.; THE NAVAJO NATION, Appellants, v. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY, CYNTHIA B., JOHN B., CHARNAE C., OLEDA O., DAVIN O., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One, Department E.

Filed: August 30, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Indian Legal Clinic, Tempe, Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law By Patty Ferguson-Bohnee , Faculty Supervisor Jana Weltzin, Student Attorney.

Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom & Schoenburg, LLP, Tempe, By April Olson , Attorneys for Appellants Jeff O. and Karen O.

Harrison Tsosie , Attorney General, Window Rock, By Cherie Espinosa , Attorneys for Appellant The Navajo Nation.

Thomas C. Horne , Attorney General, Tucson, By Dawn R. Williams , Assistant Attorney General, Attorneys for Appellees Department of Economic Security.

McCarthy Weston, PLC, Flagstaff, By Philip (Jay) McCarthy , Attorneys for Appellees Cynthia B. and John B.

Gary Pearlmutter , Coconino County Legal Defender Flagstaff By Bruce W. Griffin , Deputy Legal Defender, Attorneys for Appellees Charnae C., Oleda O., and Davin O.


THIS DECISION DOES NOT CREATE LEGAL PRECEDENT AND MAY NOT BE CITED EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY APPLICABLE RULES. See Ariz.R.Sup.Ct. 111(c); ARCAP 28(c); Ariz.R.Crim.P. 31.24

MEMORANDUM DECISION

IRVINE, Judge.

¶1 Jeff O. and Karen O., husband and wife, and the Navajo Nation (collectively, "Appellants") appeal the superior court's finding of good cause to depart from the adoptive preferences of the Indian Child Welfare Act...

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