Expert Says Cherokee Courts May Have Final Say In ‘Baby Veronica

The United States Supreme Court recently agreed to hear an Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) adoption case involving a South Carolina couple who were ordered to turn over a 27-month-old girl to her biological father, a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

via U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on an ICWA Case for Tribes.

The custody battle over little Veronica Brown has played out in many different courts over the past four years.

An Indian law expert says, although there are a lot of complicating factors in the custody battle, the tribal court will more than likely trump South Carolina and Oklahoma state courts

Veronica’s biological father, Dusten Brown, left the Cherokee Nation Courthouse on carrying a piece of his heritage with him: sticks used in the tradition Cherokee stickball game. Brown is a member of the Cherokee Nation.

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(CNN) – The biological father of a Native American child was arrested after defying a court order to return the girl to her adoptive parents, the latest development in a four-year case that has spanned state lines and tested an unusual federal law.

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