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Connecticut · Through Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-116c: State foster care, termination of parental rights proceedings. Transfer of jurisdiction to Indian tribe. Rights to intervene. Full faith and credit to tribal acts. Records, judicial proceedings.

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  1. TITLE 46b. FAMILY LAW
  2. CHAPTER 815q. CONNECTICUT INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT

(a) In any state court proceeding for the foster 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 court, in the absence of good cause to the contrary, shall transfer such proceeding to the jurisdiction of the Indian child's tribe, absent objection by either parent, upon the petition of either parent or the Indian custodian or the Indian child's tribe, provided such transfer shall be subject to declination by the tribal court of such tribe.

(b) In any such proceeding, the Indian custodian of the child and the Indian child's tribe shall have a right to intervene at any point in the proceeding.

(c) The state 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 such entities give full faith and credit to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of any other entity.

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