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 a state 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 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 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) 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 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
Added by P.A. 23-0113, S. 5 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 6/26/2023.