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LegalText 25 U.S.C. § 1916 Return of custody us united_states_code code_section 25 INDIANS 21 INDIAN CHILD WELFARE 1916 25 U.S.C. § 1916 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc25@119-100.zip /us/usc/t25/s1916 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-25/usc25.xml 10419766cd866fda6867ab0201386d4cafefc6009a1a2dcf47238446a5290d1e d4661d83bff6862be548ac8e843ba61e942ed983aade7cf83cb7dbc3dcd08168 b0ada89bdbb3e7b3c5fe4880bb7722fdd24dfe9b0f20da3c2193f2c94225b829 2026-07-04 official
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25 U.S.C. § 1916 - Return of custody

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(a) Petition; best interests of child Notwithstanding State law to the contrary, whenever a final decree of adoption of an Indian child has been vacated or set aside or the adoptive parents voluntarily consent to the termination of their parental rights to the child, a biological parent or prior Indian custodian may petition for return of custody and the court shall grant such petition unless there is a showing, in a proceeding subject to the provisions of section 1912 of this title, that such return of custody is not in the best interests of the child.

(b) Removal from foster care home; placement procedure Whenever an Indian child is removed from a foster care home or institution for the purpose of further foster care, preadoptive, or adoptive placement, such placement shall be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, except in the case where an Indian child is being returned to the parent or Indian custodian from whose custody the child was originally removed.

(Pub. L. 95608, title I, § 106, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3073.)