1.1.................... moves to amend the CEH1967-1 committee engrossment to H.F. No.
1.21967 as follows:
1.3Page 12, after line 29 insert:
1.4 "Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 260.771, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.5 Subd. 3.
Transfer of proceedings. In a proceeding for
(1) the termination of
1.6parental rights
or, (2) the involuntary foster care placement of an Indian child not within
1.7the jurisdiction of subdivision 1,
or (3) the preadoptive placement or adoptive placement
1.8of an Indian child not within the jurisdiction of subdivision 1, the court, in the absence of
1.9good cause to the contrary, shall transfer the proceeding to the jurisdiction of the tribe
1.10absent objection by either parent, upon the petition of either parent or the Indian custodian
1.11or the Indian child's tribe. The transfer shall be subject to declination by the tribal court
1.12of such tribe.
For purposes of this subdivision, "preadoptive placement" and "adoptive
1.13placement" have the meanings given in section 260.755, subdivision 3."
1.14Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.15Amend the title accordingly