Utah Justices Hear Navajo Adoption Case

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Two half-Navajo children adopted by a Salt Lake couple are at the center of a tug-of-war involving the adoptive parents and the Navajo Nation, which wants the adoption nullified and wants control over the youngsters.

The Utah Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments on both sides of the highly emotional and legally technical dispute, and the justices several times questioned the attorneys about points of law and reminded the attorneys to avoid appeals to sentiment.

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Utah Justices Hear Navajo Adoption Case

Keith Fitzgerald, lawyer for the Navajo Nation, contends that a Utah juvenile-court judge who terminated the biological parents' rights and app...

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