Bill Text: CA AB2122 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Child welfare: Indian children.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-07 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 8. [AB2122 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2122-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2122
| Introduced by Assembly Member Waldron |
February 06, 2024 |
An act to amend Section 224.4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to child welfare.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2122, as introduced, Waldron.
Child welfare: Indian children.
Existing federal law, the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA), governs the proceedings for determining the placement of an Indian child when that child is removed from the custody of their parent or guardian. Existing law specifies that the state is committed to protecting the essential tribal relations and best interest of an Indian child by promoting practices in accordance with ICWA, and requires a court in all Indian child custody proceedings to, among other things, comply with ICWA. Existing law also provides an Indian child’s tribe and Indian custodian with the right to intervene at any point in an Indian child custody proceeding.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision regarding a right to intervene.
