FILED: August 29, 2001

In the Matter of the Adoption of
Theodore Charles Anderson,
nka Theodore Charles Hofmann,
a Minor Child.

TERRENCE L. HOFMANN;
and DEBORAH L. HOFMANN,

Respondents,

v.

ALAN MAXWELL ANDERSON,

Appellant.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Lane County.

Maurice K. Merten, Judge.

Submitted on record and brief December 1, 2000.

James A. Palmer filed the brief for appellant.

No appearance for respondents.

Before Edmonds, Presiding Judge, and Armstrong and Kistler, Judges.

ARMSTRONG, J.

Affirmed.

ARMSTRONG, J.

Father appeals from a judgment that granted stepfather's petition for adoption. He assigns error to the trial court's failure to apply the requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 25 USC