Indian custodian definition

Indian custodian means any Indian person who has legal custody of an Indian child under tribal law or custom or under State law or to whom temporary physical care, custody, and control has been transferred by the parent of such child;

Indian custodian means any Indian person who has legal custody of an Indian child under

Indian custodian means an Indian person who under tribal law, tribal custom, or state law, has legal or temporary physical custody of an Indian child.

Examples of Indian custodian in a sentence

• The court shall also certify that either the parent or Indian custodian fully understood the explanation in English or that it was interpreted into a language that the parent or Indian custodian understood.

• If the identity or location of the parent or Indian custodian and the tribe cannot be determined, such notice shall be given to the Secretary in like manner, who shall have fifteen days after receipt to provide the requisite notice to the parent or Indian custodian and the tribe.

• In any State court proceeding for the foster care placement of, or termination of parental rights to, an Indian child, the Indian custodian of the child and the Indian child’s tribe shall have a right to intervene at any point in the proceeding.

• No foster care placement or termination of parental rights proceeding shall be held until at least ten days after receipt of notice by the parent or Indian custodian and the tribe or the Secretary: Provided, That the parent or Indian custodian or the tribe shall, upon request, be granted up to twenty additional days to prepare for such proceeding.

• The objective of every Indian child and family service program shall be to prevent the breakup of Indian families and, in particular, to insure that the permanent removal of an Indian child from the custody of his parent or Indian custodian shall be a last resort.

More Definitions of Indian custodian

Indian custodian means an Indian person who under tribal law, tribal custom, or state law has legal or tem- porary physical custody of an Indian child, or to whom the parent has transferred temporary care, physical custody, and control of an Indian child.

Indian custodian means an Indian person who under tribal law, tribal custom, or state law has

Indian custodian means an Indian person who under tribal

Indian custodian. ’ means any Indian

Indian custodian means an Indian, other than the Indian child’s parent, who has

Indian custodian means an Indian, other than the Indian child’s

Indian custodian means any American Indian or Alaskan Native who has legal custody of an American Indian or Alaskan Native child under tribal law or custom or under state law or to whom temporary physical care, custody, and control has been transferred by the parent of such child.