Icwa Supreme Court 2025. Shannon smith has been an attorney handling indian child welfare act cases for decades, fighting for the rights of indigenous children, their families, and tribes. Despite bipartisan support, utah’s initial version of the federal indian child welfare act failed to pass in 2023.

Supreme court agreed to review four petitions arising from an en banc decision of the u.s. Supreme court upheld the 1978 indian child welfare act.