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Okla. Stat.
§ 40.6
Oklahoma
Statutes Title
10. Children
Chapter
1B. Indian Child Welfare Act
§ 40.6. Placement
preference
The
placement preferences specified in 25 U.S.C. Section 1915, shall apply
to all preadjudicatory placements, as well as preadoptive, adoptive and
foster care placements. In all placements of an Indian child by the Oklahoma
Department of Human Services (DHS), or by any person or other placement
agency, DHS, the person or placement agency shall utilize to the maximum
extent possible the services of the Indian tribe of the child in securing
placement consistent with the provisions of the Oklahoma Indian Child
Welfare Act. [FN1]
This requirement shall include cases where a consenting parent evidences
a desire for anonymity in the consent document executed pursuant to Section
60.5 of this title. [FN2]
If a request for anonymity is included in a parental consent document,
the court shall give weight to such desire in applying the preferences
only after notice is given to the child's tribe and the tribe is afforded
twenty (20) days to intervene and request a hearing on available
tribal placement resources which may protect parental confidentiality,
provided that notice of such hearing shall be given to the consenting
parent.
CREDIT(S)
Laws 1982, c. 107, §
7, eff. April 6, 1982; Laws 1994, c. 30, § 4, emerg. eff. Sept. 1,
1994.
[FN1]
Title 10, § 40 et seq.
[FN2]
Renumbered as Title 10, § 7503-2.1.
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