Parenting and Adoption of A.M.S.

Summary

The Court affirmed the termination of T.J.S.’s parental rights and the stepparent adoption of A.M.S. It held that the District Court erred by accepting the parties’ stipulation that the Indian Child Welfare Act did not apply, but the error was harmless because the record did not provide reason to know that A.M.S. was an Indian child. The Court also held that denying a second continuance was not an abuse of discretion and that T.J.S. failed to establish ineffective assistance or resulting prejudice.