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27 Gonz. L. Rev. 353 (1991-1992)
State Court Jurisdiction under the Indian Child Welfare Act and the Unstated Best Interest of the Child Test

handle is hein.journals/gonlr27 and id is 365 raw text is: ARTICLES STATE COURT JURISDICTION UNDER THE INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT AND THE UNSTATED BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD TEST Michael J. Dale* TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ....................................... 353 I. OPERATION OF THE INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT ............ 359 II. THE BEST INTEREST STANDARD .......................... 365 A. The Anglo Test .................................... 365 B. The Indian Child Welfare Act Test ..................... 370 11. STATE COURT JURISDICTIONAL EFFORTS TO LIMIT APPLICATION OF THE ACT .......................... 375 A. The Domicle Test .................................. 376 B. The Indian Child Test ............................... 376 C. The Indian Family Test .............................. 380 D. Divorce and Intra-Family Custody Disputes ............. 382 E. The Good Cause Test ............................... 384 IV. CONCLUSION ......................................... 390 INTRODUCTION In 1978, Congress enacted the Indian Child Welfare Act' (the Act) in *Professor of Law, Nova University Shepard Broad Law Center. B.A. 1967, Colgate University; JD. 1970, Boston College. The author thanks Laurie Briggs and Craig Trocino for their assistance in the preparation of this article. 1. 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901-63 (1988). The Act has been the subject of a large body of scholarship. Several commentators have analyzed the Act in terms of its attitude toward and ability to protect tribes and women. Barbara Ann Atwood, Fighting Over Indian Children: The Uses and Abuses of Jurisdictional Ambiguity, 36 UCLA L. REv. 1051, 1054 (1989) (discussing the tragic discontinuity and negative effect of jurisdictional ambiguity on Indian children under the Act); Roger M. Baron, The Resurgence of the Tribal Interest

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