Mealey's (July 17, 2019, 1:23 PM EDT) -- ST. PAUL, Minn. — A state court proceeding is not needed before an Indian child welfare case goes to a tribal court under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), and the lack of a state court ruling did not violate the due process rights of a mother and grandmother, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decided July 16 (Kimberly Watso, et al. v. Tony Lourey, et al., No. 18-1723, 8th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 21018)....