(DOWNLOAD) "Duckhead V. Anderson" by Supreme Court of Washington # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Duckhead V. Anderson
- Author : Supreme Court of Washington
- Release Date : January 04, 1976
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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Patricia Duckhead and her son, Daniel Duckhead Buehl, are enrolled members of the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. In 1974, the Blackfeet Tribal Court placed Daniel in the temporary foster care of Robert and Theda Anderson, residents of Washington. The tribal court subsequently ordered the return of the child to the natural mother. The Andersons refused to comply with the court order and instituted adoption proceedings in King County Superior Court. The court assumed jurisdiction of the matter but then dismissed the action, holding that the tribal court order was entitled to full faith and credit. Patricia Duckhead then petitioned the King County Superior Court for a writ of habeas corpus. Another department of that court held the tribal court decree was not entitled to full faith and credit and ruled there should be an independent determination of custody by a court of this state. Appeals from both rulings were consolidated. The fundamental issue presented is the extent to which an Indian tribe, located in another state, retains authority over its children, free from interference by the courts of this state.