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answered on Jan 10, 2024
You can purchase copies of Title 25 of the United States Code (USC) and Title 25 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), which relate to Native American law, from several sources.
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is a reliable source for purchasing official government... View More 
answered on Jan 6, 2024
You can have those for free online. If you want hard-copy, paperbound books, there are government printing offices (or commercial publishers) that sell them. But if an online reference will do for your needs, you could find those (and other U.S. Codes and Codes of Federal Regulations) online for... View More
My son and I are both members of a federally recognized tribe. We do not live on the reservation. I assume ICWA will apply, but as neither biological father or step father are Native American, I am sure my tribe would consent. Bio father has not contacted my son or paid child support in over 5... View More
answered on Jul 8, 2021
Hello. ICWA is applicable and very complicated when it comes to adoption cases, and the forms on the court's website are for basic adoptions. Honestly, I am surprised that the court's website has adoption forms at all, as there are many varieties of adoption cases and overall they are... View More
I don’t want to be apart of the child’s life
answered on Apr 9, 2021
You are not required to spend any time with the child.
As for child support, unfortunately you can only wait for the other shoe to drop or deal with the issue definitively. If you want to simply deal with the issue, you can obtain a paternity test; there are various ways to make this... View More
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