181723P.pdf   07/16/2019  Kimberly Watso  v.  Tony Lourey
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  18-1723
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Gruender and Grasz, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case. In action alleging defendants violated plaintiffs' rights when 
   they transferred plaintiffs' children to tribal court custody after 
   allegations of child abuse and neglect, the transfer from a state agency 
   to the tribal court did not violate the Indian Child Welfare Act because 
   the provisions of the Act apply to transfer from a state court proceeding 
   and not transfer from a state agency; Minnesota law does not require a 
   hearing before custody could be transferred to tribal court; plaintiffs 
   had notice of the tribal court proceedings, as well as an opportunity to 
   be heard, and the absence of a intervening state court proceeding did not 
   create a due process violation.