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25 U.S.C.A. § 1963

United States Code Annotated
Title 25.  Indians
Chapter 21. Indian Child Welfare (Refs & Annos)

Subchapter IV. Miscellaneous Provisions


§ 1963. Severability


If any provision of this chapter or the applicability thereof is held invalid, the remaining provisions of this chapter shall not be affected thereby.


CREDIT(S)


(Pub.L. 95-608, Title IV, § 403, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3078.)


HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES


Revision Notes and Legislative Reports


1978 Acts. House Report No. 95-1386, see 1978 U.S. Code Cong. and Adm. News, p. 7530.


LIBRARY REFERENCES


American Digest System


Indians 6(2), 32(11).


Key Number System Topic No. 209.


RESEARCH REFERENCES


ALR Library


103 ALR 5th 255, Restricting Access to Judicial Records of Concluded Adoption Proceedings.


89 ALR 5th 195, Construction and Application of Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) (25 U.S.C.A. §§ 1901 et seq.) Upon Child Custody Determinations.


61 ALR 5th 151, Rights of Unwed Father to Obstruct Adoption of His Child by Withholding Consent.


18 ALR 5th 892, Attorney Malpractice in Connection With Services Related to Adoption of Child.


20 ALR 5th 534, Parent's Use of Drugs as Factor in Award of Custody of Children, Visitation Rights, or Termination of Parental Rights.


34 ALR 4th 167, Race as Factor in Adoption Proceedings.


Encyclopedias


2 Am. Jur. 2d Adoption § 145, Race; Cultural Background.


Treatises and Practice Aids


Wright & Miller: Federal Prac. & Proc. § 4516, Filling the Interstices Within a Pervasive Federal Framework.


25 U.S.C.A. § 1963, 25 USCA § 1963



Approved 07-28-05