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[CITE: 25USC1923]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                    CHAPTER 21--INDIAN CHILD WELFARE
 
                 SUBCHAPTER I--CHILD CUSTODY PROCEEDINGS
 
Sec. 1923. Effective date

    None of the provisions of this subchapter, except sections 1911(a), 
1918, and 1919 of this title, shall affect a proceeding under State law 
for foster care placement, termination of parental rights, preadoptive 
placement, or adoptive placement which was initiated or completed prior 
to one hundred and eighty days after November 8, 1978, but shall apply 
to any subsequent proceeding in the same matter or subsequent 
proceedings affecting the custody or placement of the same child.

(Pub. L. 95-608, title I, Sec. 113, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3075.)
