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IN RE JL

Docket No. 137653. Calendar No. 11.

770 N.W.2d 853 (2009)

483 Mich. 300

In re JL, Minor. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Cheryl Lynn Lee, Respondent-Appellant, and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Intervening Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 14, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kayla Lee Pelter-Nixon, for the Department of Human Services.

Nancy B. Lucas-Dean, Mackinaw City, for Cheryl L. Lee.

Eric G. Blubaugh for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, B. Eric Restuccia, Solicitor General, and H. Daniel Beaton, Jr. and Larry W. Lewis, Assistant Attorneys General, amici curiae for the Attorney General.

Speaker Law Firm, PLLC (by Jodi M. Latuszek and Liisa R. Speaker), amici curiae for the Children's Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Kathryn E. Fort, Cameron A. Fraser, James A. Keedy, Traverse City, Thomas R. Myers, and William J. Brooks PLLC (by William J. Brooks), amici curiae for the American Indian Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

Opinion

CORRIGAN, J.

Respondent Cheryl Lee challenges the judgment of the Court of Appeals affirming the termination of her parental rights to her son, JL. In re Lee, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued October 16, 2008, 2008 WL 4603740 (Docket No. 283038). Respondent specifically claims error in the interpretation and application of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq. She urges us to adopt...

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