Section 46b-116d - Required notice to Indian parent, Indian custodian, Indian tribe of state foster care, termination of parental rights proceedings involving Indian child(a) In any involuntary proceeding in the Superior Court, where the court knows or has reason to know that an Indian child is involved, the party seeking the foster care placement of, or termination of parental rights to, an Indian child shall notify the parent or Indian custodian and the Indian child's tribe, by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested, of the pending proceedings and of their right of intervention. If the identity or location of the parent or Indian custodian and the tribe cannot be determined, such notice shall be given, in like manner, to the Secretary or Bureau of Indian Affairs Regional Director in the case of an Indian child of a federally recognized Indian tribe, or the Commissioner of Children and Families in the case of an Indian child of an Indian tribe recognized by the state of Connecticut, who shall have fifteen days after receipt of such notice to provide the requisite notice to the parent or Indian custodian and the tribe.(b) In any involuntary proceeding in a Probate Court in which a party is seeking adoption or termination of parental rights where the party knows or has reason to know that an Indian child is involved, the court shall notify the parent in accordance with the provisions of section 45a-716 of the pending proceedings, which shall include notice of the right of intervention by the Indian custodian and the Indian child's tribe. The court shall notify the Indian custodian and the Indian child's tribe by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested. If the identity or location of the Indian custodian and the tribe cannot be determined, such notice shall be given, in like manner, to the Secretary or Bureau of Indian Affairs Regional Director in the case of an Indian child of a federally recognized Indian tribe, or the Commissioner of Children and Families in the case of an Indian child of an Indian tribe recognized by the state of Connecticut, who shall have fifteen days after receipt of such notice to provide the requisite notice to the Indian custodian and the tribe.(c) No foster care placement or termination of parental rights proceeding shall be held until at least ten days after receipt of the notice by the parent or Indian custodian and the tribe, the Secretary, the Bureau of Indian Affairs Regional Director or the Commissioner of Children and Families, provided the parent, Indian custodian or the tribe shall, upon request, be granted up to twenty additional days to prepare for such proceeding.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-116d
Amended by P.A. 24-0097,S. 3 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2024.Added by P.A. 23-0113, S. 5 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 6/26/2023.