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Uniform State ICWA: Adjudication

In the Uniform State ICWA, the biggest change we made in the drafting was to assign the requirements of ICWA to specific state hearings. This means the act provides some clarity to courts as to when they are expected to make certain findings, as well as provides almost benchbook level

Uniform State ICWA

Uniform State ICWA: Emergency Jurisdiction

I'm going to periodically post about how the Uniform State ICWA updates or looks different from the federal ICWA. ICWA Language One area that causes a lot of confusion (like, a lot. Explaining this to Brackeen was a fascinating mess, leading to one of my all time favorite