CAICW Legal Fund

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CURRENT!

A new ICWA case is making its way up the ladder. ‘In the Matter of the Welfare of the Children of: L.K. and A.S., Parents‘, is headed to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Read about the case HERE

CAICW was invited to write an Amicus brief in support of the petitioners. You can read CAICW’s amicus here:

LINK:CAICW Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Petitioners

CAICW is a national 501c3. Donations to cover legal fees for the family are tax deductible. As has been done before, unless specified for CAICW, 100% of donations will be sent directly to the family’s attorneys (In this case, Fiddler Osband Flynn LLC.)

Please Donate Here:

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A handful of very good ICWA attorneys have been overwhelmed by the number of low & middle income families who need help to save their child.

Your donation will help a family have a consultation with a good ICWA attorney. This opportunity can make a decided difference in the outcome of this family’s battle.

Some of the best ICWA attorneys have worked quite a bit of Pro Bono and it became a strain for their families. They want to continue helping as many people as they can – but many ICWA families are low-income and can’t afford attorneys.

Knowing it isn’t possible to fund everyone’s full cases, we were asked to set up a fund for consultation fees. A good initial consultation between a family’s local attorney and an expert ICWA attorney can go a long way helping families.

This fund has successfully helped several families already.

A grandmother in Colorado was told by the Warm Springs Tribe of Oregon that she could not keep her 7-yr-old grandson because she was white. They were then told by social services in Colorado that if the tribal government wants her grandson, there is little she can do about it.

Representatives of the tribe stood before the judge and also said there was nothing the family can do – that they had all the rights to this child. There was also evidence the tribe had falsified a birth certificate in order to prove membership eligibility.

We were able to help this family with this legal fund. They were still not able to afford an attorney, but the consultations they were given helped the family to stand up on their own and say what needed to be said. It was enough for the judge to rule in their favor – and the grandmother was able to adopt her grandson.

Many times, with a proper understanding of the law, families can be helped.

The Consultations are $300. We would like to fund ten of them.

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You can Donate to the legal fund today through PayPal, specifying it is for the legal fund,

– or Mail Your Check or Money Order to:

Christian Alliance for Indian Child Welfare – Legal Fund
PO Box 460,
Hillsboro, ND 58045 – 0460

You can request that mailed funds be applied to specific accounts.
(Please don’t send cash through the mail)

Thank you so much for the gracious support and prayers.