STATE OF MINNESOTA

IN COURT OF APPEALS

A04-973

In the Matter of the Welfare of the Children of J.B. and G.A.C., and T.F.H., Parents

Filed March 11, 2005

Affirmed

Poritsky, Judge*

Hennepin County District Court

File No. J6-01-053467

Leonardo Castro, Fourth District Public Defender, Peter W. Gorman, Assistant Public Defender, 317 Second Avenue South, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55410 (for appellant T.F.H.)

Joseph Plumer, 9352 Grace Lake Road, Bemidji, MN 56601 (for respondent White Earth Band of Ojibwe)

Shannon E. Smith, Indian Child Welfare Law Center, 1113 East Franklin Avenue, Suite 600, Minneapolis, MN 55404 (for respondent B.J.)

Amy J. Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney, Mary M. Lynch, Assistant County Attorney, 1200 Health Services Building, 525 Portland Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55415 (for respondent Hennepin County HSD/DCFAS)

Alan C. Thiel, 411 Edina Executive Plaza, 5200 Willson Road, Edina, MN 55424; and

Michelle Paninopoulos, 90 South Seventh Street, Suite 2200, Minneapolis, MN 55402 (for guardian ad-litem)