Domestic Relations – Parent & Child – Termination of Parental Rights – ICWA – 'Active Efforts'
Even though the respondent-Father is not Native American, since his son’s mother is a member of the Monacan Indian Tribe, the Indian Child Welfare Act required DSS to undertake “active efforts” to prevent the breakup of the family. DSS’s creation of a case plan and communication of the plan to the incarcerated Father were insufficient
Source: nclawyersweekly.com