interests of those children. i don t know how tearing a child away from the only family she s ever known without any transition period and noviceatinovic no visitation is in her best interest. reporter: the attorney general for the cherokee nation thinks the law is working. it s not anyone s intent to to rip a child away from a loving home. but we want to make sure those loving homes have the opportunity to be indian homes first. what et nicety reporter: after the family court rule in dustin brown s favor they petitioned hoping the higher court world overturn the ruling. after three months they got more bad news. the supreme court rule in favor of veronica s biological father. it wasn t an easy decision for the court, though. the justices were split 3-2. in the majority they wrote they are upholding the family court s