Matt and Melanie Capobianco, the adoptive parents of a 3-year-old girl caught in the middle of a custody battle, have filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court in hopes of regaining custody of their child.More >>
Matt and Melanie Capobianco, the adoptive parents of a 3-year-old girl caught in the middle of a custody battle, have filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court in hopes of regaining custody of their child.More >>
Wednesday, August 15 2012 9:03 AM EDT2012-08-15 13:03:17 GMT
James Island (WCIV)--The James Island parents who adopted a Native American child want the South Carolina Supreme Court to hear their case again. The High Court ruled last month Veronica Capobianco couldMore >>
James Island (WCIV)--The James Island parents who adopted a Native American child want the South Carolina Supreme Court to hear their case again.More >>
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A court ruling sending a Native American girl back to Oklahoma from her adoptive South Carolina family has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The state Supreme Court ruled that the 2-year-old should be returned to her biological father, a member of the Cherokee tribe.
But in a 142-page petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, attorneys for the South Carolina couple say courts in a dozen states are divided on the interpretation of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
They want the high court to clarify whether a non-custodial parent can use the act to block an adoption undertaken legally by a non-Indian parent under state law.
A state Family Court judge awarded custody of the child to the biological father last year and she was taken to Oklahoma.
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>
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