§ 1917. — Tribal affiliation information and other information for protection of rights from tribal relationship; application of subject of adoptive placement; disclosure by court.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1917]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 21--INDIAN CHILD WELFARE
SUBCHAPTER I--CHILD CUSTODY PROCEEDINGS
Sec. 1917. Tribal affiliation information and other information
for protection of rights from tribal relationship; application
of subject of adoptive placement; disclosure by court
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.
(Pub. L. 95-608, title I, Sec. 107, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3073.)
