"Courts in seven states have held that ICWA does not bar courts from terminating the parental rights of a non-custodial father under state law when the father abandoned his child to the sole custody of a non-Indian mother, " said Lisa Blatt, attorney for the couple.

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The answer for an abandoned child is not a job requirement, it is the loving presence of a mentor.

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As part of the creeping implementation of the peace deal, the UN do have a presence here, and they were helping provide water and security at a school where 160 child soldiers, apparently abandoned by the RUF the previous week, were being "demobilised" and looked after.

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Moreover the birds frequently varied their attitudes to child care between clutches, overall nurturing twice as many as they abandoned, so most of the eggs did hatch live chicks.

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In another song, "Seduced and Abandoned, " Merritt assumes the guise of a woman who's been left with her newborn child by a dastardly cad, and she meditates morosely on her future.

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Ultimately, she abandoned a workmanlike approach to the sport and decided to base her training on playing in the water like a child.

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