With Adoptions Final, Parents’ Attack On ICWA Moot, 9th Circuit Holds

Mealey's (August 6, 2018, 3:12 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Parents of Native American children whose parental rights have been terminated can no longer challenge the legality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) because the adoptions of all children involved in the parents’ class action have been finalized, rendering the dispute moot, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 6 (Carol Coghlan Carter, et al. v. John Tahsuda, et al., No. 17-15839, 9th Cir.)....