25 USC § 1923 - Effective date

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s1923"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "25 USC § 1923 - Effective date"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "1923"
section_name: "Effective date"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "INDIAN CHILD WELFARE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "CHILD CUSTODY PROCEEDINGS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–608, title I, § 113, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3075.)"
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# § 1923. Effective date

November 8, 1978

None of the provisions of this subchapter, except sections 1911(a), 1918, and 1919 of this title, shall affect a proceeding under State law for foster care placement, termination of parental rights, preadoptive placement, or adoptive placement which was initiated or completed prior to one hundred and eighty days after , but shall apply to any subsequent proceeding in the same matter or subsequent proceedings affecting the custody or placement of the same child.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–608, title I, § 113, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3075.)