Indian Child Welfare Act

• Indian Child Welfare Act; Designated Tribal Agents for Service of Notice

• FR, May 19, 2010
• Notices
• Indian Affairs Bureau

• The Existing Indian Family Exception to the Indian Child Welfare Act: The States' Attempt to Slaughter Tribal Interests in Indian Children

Introduction . I. Enactment of the ICWA . A. Historical Background. B. Congressional Intent . 1. Congressional Findings. 2. Congressional Declaration of Policy. II. The Indian Child Welfare Act. A. Definitions . 1. Who is an Indian?. 2. Who is an Indian Child? . 3. What is an Indian Tribe? . B. When Does the Act Apply?. C. Who Has Jurisdiction?. III. "Existing Indian Family" Exception . A. Introduction. B. Definition . IV. Application of the "Existing Indian Family" Exception-California as a Model . A. Who Has Applied It? . 1. Constitutional Arguments. 2. ICWA Purpose. B. Who Refused to Apply It?. V. Why is It Flawed? . A. Ignoring Tribal Interests. B. Ignoring the Plain Language. 1. What is the Plain Language?. 2. Statutory Interpretation and Construction. C. Perpetuating a Stereoty...

• Louisiana Law Review
• Nbr. 66-3, May 2006

• The politics of the Indian Child Welfare Act.

The application of the Indian Child Welfare Act in a case regarding the placing of three American Indian children under foster care would have prevented angry discussions and would have facilitated the process. The children would have been sent to the right foster homes and the parents and the children would have been provided with essential services. The courts would have taken into account tribal laws and Indian authorities would have been consulted.

• Social Work
• Vol. 41 Nbr. 2, March 1996

• Indian Child Welfare Act: Tribal agents designated for service of notice; list,

• FR, August 02, 2006
• Notices
• Indian Affairs Bureau

• 25 USC 1727 - Sec. 1727. Implementation of Indian Child Welfare Act

• US Code - Title 25: Indians

• Indian Child Welfare Act

The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), passed by Congress in 1978, intended to limit the historical practice of removing Native Americ...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Fri–Jam

• In re B.S., (Ohio 2009)

Appeal, waiver of issue; Custody, permanent; Indian Child Welfare Act, notice, proof; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Termination of Parental Rights

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Applicability of Indian Child Welfare Act to Private Adoption Explored by Nyc Family Court

Concluding the facts before the court were insufficient to determine whether an Indian tribe's motion to intervene in an adoption proceeding under the Indian Child Welfare Act has standing, a family court judge adjourned the case for a hearing. New York County Family Court Judge Mary Bednar was asked to address the applicability of the Indian Child Welfare Act to a private adoption proceeding, In the Matter of the Adoption of Baby Boy C. A New York City couple seeks to adopt a child whose mother is a registered member of an Arizona Indian tribe.

• Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
• September 03, 2004

• Indian Child Welfare Act: Designated tribal agents; annual list,

• FR, March 09, 1999
• Notices
• Indian Affairs Bureau

• 25 CFR 23.2 - Definitions.

...PART 23: INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT. Subpart A: Purpose, Definitions, and ...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 25: Indians