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WASHINGTON (WCIV) – The United States Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear the case of baby Veronica Capobianco, who was adopted by a Lowcountry family only to be taken back after the birth father usedMore >>
The United States Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear the case of baby Veronica Capobianco, who was adopted by a Lowcountry family only to be taken back after the birth father used the Indian Child Welfare Act to reclaim the girl.More >>
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Veronica Rose will not be coming home to Charleston. The state Supreme Court ruled 3-2 in favor of Veronica staying with her biological father in Oklahoma. More >>
Veronica Rose will not be coming home to Charleston. The state Supreme Court ruled 3-2 in favor of Veronica staying with her biological father in Oklahoma. More >>
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court could be looking to invalidate a long-standing federal policy governing the adoption of Native American children.
Later this year, the high court is set to hear an appeal from a South Carolina couple seeking to reverse a state court decision to return their adopted daughter to her biological father in Oklahoma.
The girl's heritage is Cherokee Indian, and the South Carolina Supreme Court said the Indian Child Welfare Act gave the tribe - and the child's Indian relatives, like her biological father - a say in decisions affecting her.
Marcia Zug teaches Indian law at the University of South Carolina. She says the justices' decision to hear the case could mean the court is mulling the constitutionality of that federal law and may invalidate it.
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A man wanted for killing his girlfriend's sister after the three of them got into a fight at a Columbia nightclub has turned himself in. Richland County deputies say 30-year-old Jacobie "Kobi" Grace surrendered to...More >>
