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Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-6-207

Native American children

Acts 1999, ch. 389, § 8.

(1) A child-custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.) is not subject to this part to the extent that it is governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act.

(2) A court of this state shall treat a tribe as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying parts 1 and 2 of this chapter.

(3) A child-custody determination made by a tribe under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this part must be recognized and enforced under part 3 of this chapter.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.