Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 21 — Indian Child Welfare
§ 1921. Higher State or Federal standard applicable to protect rights of parent or Indian custodian of Indian child
Statutory text
In any case where State or Federal law applicable to a child custody proceeding under State or Federal law provides a higher standard of protection to the rights of the parent or Indian custodian of an Indian child than the rights provided under this subchapter, the State or Federal court shall apply the State or Federal standard.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978
Pub. L. 95–608 title I § 111 · 92 Stat. 3069
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1921
(Pub. L. 95–608, title I, § 111, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3075.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 95–608, title I, § 111, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3075.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 111. In any case where State or Federal law applicable to a 25 USC 1921. child custody proceeding under State or Federal law provides a higher standard of protection to the rights of the parent or Indian custodian of an Indian child than the rights provided under this title, the State or Federal court shall apply the State or Federal standard.
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