§ 14-6-703 — Indian tribe jurisdiction over Indian child custody proceedings

Wyoming § 14-6-703

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 14: Children
• Ch. 6: JUVENILES
• Art. 7: WYOMING INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT

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(a) An Indian tribe shall have exclusive jurisdiction over
any child custody proceeding involving an Indian child who
resides or is domiciled within the reservation of the tribe,
except where jurisdiction is vested in the state under federal
law. The Indian tribe shall retain exclusive jurisdiction if the
Indian child is a ward of a tribal court, notwithstanding the
residence or domicile of the child.
(b) In any state court proceeding for the shelter care
placement of, or termination of parental rights to, an Indian
child not domiciled or residing within the reservation of the
Indian child's tribe, the state court, upon the petition of
either parent, the Indian custodian or the Indian child's tribe
and absent good cause to the contrary or an objection by either
parent, shall transfer the proceeding to the jurisdiction of the
appropriate tribe. Nothing in this subsection shall limit the
tribal court's authority to decline a transfer to the tribal
court under this subsection.
(c) The Indian custodian of an Indian child and the Indian
child's tribe shall have the right to intervene in any state
court proceeding for the shelter care placement of, or
termination of parental rights to, an Indian child.
(d) The state of Wyoming shall give full faith and credit
to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of any
Indian tribe applicable to Indian child custody proceedings to
the same extent that the tribe gives full faith and credit to
the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of the state
of Wyoming.