Joe Cervantes voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this Legislation.
Title: Establishes Indian Family Protection Act
Signed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
Title: Establishes Indian Family Protection Act
Title: Establishes Indian Family Protection Act
Vote to amend and pass a bill that establishes the Indian Family Protection Act.
Requires “active efforts to maintain or reunite an Indian child with the Indian child’s family” and “provide assistance in a manner consistent with the prevailing social and cultural standards and way of life of the Indian child’s tribe” (Page 5).
Specifies that Indian tribes shall have exclusive jurisdiction over child custody proceedings on reservation (Page 10).
Authorizes tribal-state agreements for “care and custody” of Indian children (Page 13).
Authorizes temporary emergency jurisdiction over Indian child custody cases (Page 17).
Authorizes Indian child’s tribe to “intervene at any point in a child custody proceeding” (Page 22).
Requires “responsiveness training” for children’s court judges, district court judges, attorneys, guardians ad litem, and court-appointed youth attorneys (Page 44).
Requires that “Indian children have the opportunity to maintain strong connections to their culture” (Page 45).
Title: Establishes Indian Family Protection Act
Vote to pass a substitute bill that establishes the Indian Family Protection Act.
Requires “active efforts to maintain or reunite an Indian child with the Indian child’s family” and “provide assistance in a manner consistent with the prevailing social and cultural standards and way of life of the Indian child’s tribe” (Page 5).
Specifies that Indian tribes shall have exclusive jurisdiction over child custody proceedings on reservation (Page 10).
Authorizes tribal-state agreements for “care and custody” of Indian children (Page 13).
Authorizes temporary emergency jurisdiction over Indian child custody cases (Page 17).
Authorizes Indian child’s tribe to “intervene at any point in a child custody proceeding” (Page 22).
Requires “responsiveness training” for children’s court judges, district court judges, attorneys, guardians ad litem, and court-appointed youth attorneys (Page 44).
Requires that “Indian children have the opportunity to maintain strong connections to their culture” (Page 45).
Title: Establishes Indian Family Protection Act