California Resources

Laws, etc:

• Statutes
• Cases
• Court Rules
• Regulations

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Guides:

• Child Welfare Services Manual (Div 31, Chap 31-500). California Department of Social Services. Part of the, Online Manual of Policies and Procedures.
• ICWA Judges' Benchguide: California Judges' Benchguide. California Indian Legal Services. (2000). Additional information about the Guide
• What is the Indian Child Welfare Act? California Indian Legal Services. (2003)
• Adoption of Children Under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Los Angeles County, Department of Children & Family Services. 0200-515.05

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Contacts:

Tribes
Tribal ICWA contacts: List of Indian Child Welfare Act Designates, Bureau of Indian Affairs     HTML     PDF
Tribal directories - National Indian Law Library

State
California Department of Social Services, Children and Family Services, Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)

Legal organizations
State Bar of California
American Bar Association - State and Local Bar Association Directory

For additional links to legal resource organizations -- beyond those offered by the state bar association -- use the National Indian Law Library's Guide to Legal Assistance Resources. Some organizations (bar associations, legal services, law firms and lawyers, and legal clinics at universities) might provide ICWA assistance.

Other contacts
National organizations, grant programs & urban Indian centers