25 U.S.C. § 1917
Tribal affiliation information and other information for protection of rights from tribal relationship; application of subject of adoptive placement; disclosure by court
United States · Title 25 — INDIANS · Status: effective
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- 25 U.S.C. § 1917, Tribal affiliation information and other information for protection of rights from tribal relationship; application of subject of adoptive placement; disclosure by court, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/461349
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Upon application by an Indian individual who has reached the age of eighteen and who was the subject of an adoptive placement, the court which entered the final decree shall inform such individual of the tribal affiliation, if any, of the individual’s biological parents and provide such other information as may be necessary to protect any rights flowing from the individual’s tribal relationship.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally