1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1967 as follows:
1.2Page 12, after line 28, insert:
1.3 "Sec. .... Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 260.771, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.4 Subd. 3.
Transfer of proceedings. In a proceeding for
(1) the termination of
1.5parental rights
or, (2) the involuntary foster care placement of an Indian child not within
1.6the jurisdiction of subdivision 1,
or (3) the preadoptive placement or adoptive placement
1.7of an Indian child not within the jurisdiction of subdivision 1, the court, in the absence of
1.8good cause to the contrary, shall transfer the proceeding to the jurisdiction of the tribe
1.9absent objection by either parent, upon the petition of either parent or the Indian custodian
1.10or the Indian child's tribe. The transfer shall be subject to declination by the tribal court
1.11of such tribe.
For purposes of this subdivision, "preadoptive placement" and "adoptive
1.12placement" have the meanings given in section 260.755, subdivision 3."
1.13Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.14Amend the title accordingly