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2025 Wyoming Statutes
Title 14 - Children
Chapter 6 - Juveniles
Article 7 - Wyoming Indian Child Welfare Act
Section 14-6-708 - Return of Custody.

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WY Stat § 14-6-708 (2025)
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14-6-708. Return of custody.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a final decree of adoption of an Indian child has been vacated or set aside, or the adoptive parents voluntarily consent to the termination of their parental rights to the child, a biological parent or prior Indian custodian may petition for the return of the Indian child to the parent's or Indian custodian's custody. The court shall grant the petition unless there is a showing, subject to W.S. 14-6-704, that return of custody is not in the child's best interests.

(b) When an Indian child is removed from a shelter care placement or institution for the purpose of further shelter care, preadoptive placement or adoptive placement, the placement shall be in accordance with this act unless an Indian child is being returned to the parent or Indian custodian from whose custody the child was originally removed.

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