Opinion ID: 2517308
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Edward

Text: Edward warrants a different analysis. Pam and Sally claimed that before his birth they agreed Pam would take care of him, and a document to that effect was produced at OCS's October 11 meeting. But the trial court found that OCS had assumed emergency custody of [Edward] prior to any attempt by [Sally] to transfer legal custody to her mother. Given Edward's birth and immediate hospitalization and the timing of events at the hospital, including OCS's assumption of emergency custody over Edward the day before Sally signed the ICWA designation form for Pam to be his Indian custodian, we cannot conclude that this finding is clearly erroneous. We affirm the finding that Edward's temporary physical care, custody, and control had not been transferred to Pam prior to OCS assuming emergency custody of him, and therefore that Pam was not Edward's Indian custodian through physical custody.