Section 14-6-702 - Definitions(a) As used in this act:(i) "Child custody proceeding" means any action concerning the custody or care of an Indian child, including a shelter care placement, the termination of parental rights, preadoptive placement or adoptive placement. "Child custody proceeding" shall not include a placement based upon an act that, if committed by an adult, would be deemed a crime and shall not include an award of custody to a parent in a divorce proceeding;(ii) "Extended family member" means as defined by the law or custom of the Indian child's tribe. In the absence of tribal law or custom, "extended family member" means a person who has reached age eighteen (18) and who is the Indian child's grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, niece, nephew, first cousin, second cousin or stepparent;(iii) "Indian" means a person who is a member of an Indian tribe, or who is an Alaska native and a member of a regional corporation as defined in section 7 of the federal Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act;(iv) "Indian child" means any unmarried person under age eighteen (18) and is either:(A) A member of an Indian tribe; or(B) Is eligible for membership in an Indian tribe and is the biological child of a member of an Indian tribe.(v) "Indian child's tribe" means the Indian tribe in which an Indian child is a member or eligible for membership or, in the case of an Indian child who is a member of or eligible for membership in more than one (1) tribe, the Indian tribe with which the Indian child has the more significant contacts;(vi) "Indian custodian" means any Indian person who has legal custody of an Indian child under tribal law or custom or under state law or to whom temporary physical care, custody and control has been transferred by the parent of an Indian child;(vii) "Indian organization" means any group, association, partnership, corporation or other legal entity owned or controlled by Indians or a majority of whose members are Indians;(viii) "Indian tribe" means any Indian tribe, band, nation or other organized group or community of Indians recognized as eligible for the services provided to Indians by the United States secretary of the interior because of their status as Indians, including any Alaska native village as defined in section 3(c) of the federal Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act;(ix) "Parent" means a biological parent or the parents of an Indian child or any Indian person who has lawfully adopted an Indian child, including adoptions under tribal law or custom. "Parent" shall not include a father whose paternity has not been acknowledged or established under law;(x) "Reservation" means Indian country as defined by 18 U.S.C. 1151 and any lands where title is held by the United States in trust for the benefit of any Indian tribe or person or held by any Indian tribe or person subject to a restriction by the United States against alienation;(xi) "Shelter care" means as defined by W.S. 14-3-402(a)(xvii) and shall include foster care;(xii) "Tribal court" means a court with jurisdiction over child custody proceedings and that is either a court of Indian offenses, a court established and operated under the code or custom of an Indian tribe or any other administrative body of a tribe that is vested with authority over child custody proceedings;(xiii) "This act" means W.S. 14-6-701 through 14-6-715.Added by Laws 2023, ch. 154,§ 1, eff. 3/9/2023, app. 7/1/2023.