§ 14-6-708 — Return of custody

Wyoming § 14-6-708

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

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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a
final decree of adoption of an Indian child has been vacated or
set aside, or the adoptive parents voluntarily consent to the
termination of their parental rights to the child, a biological
parent or prior Indian custodian may petition for the return of
the Indian child to the parent's or Indian custodian's custody.
The court shall grant the petition unless there is a showing,
subject to W.S. 14-6-704, that return of custody is not in the
child's best interests.
(b) When an Indian child is removed from a shelter care
placement or institution for the purpose of further shelter
care, preadoptive placement or adoptive placement, the placement
shall be in accordance with this act unless an Indian child is
being returned to the parent or Indian custodian from whose
custody the child was originally removed.