Among the controversial opinions published last week by the Supreme Court, we found that the Court’s opinion in the case of Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, 570 U.S. ____ (2013), referred to legislative history materials.  A baby girl who was classified as a native American Indian because of her biological father’s Cherokee heritage, was removed from her adopted family when the baby girl was a few months old because her father, who had attempted to relinquish his parental rights and had no prior contact with the child, asserted his parental right under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA), 25 USC § § 1901 through 1963.  The ICWA was ... Read More >