(750 ILCS 36/104)
Sec. 104.
Application To Indian Tribes.
(a) A child-custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child as defined
in
the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq., is not subject to
this Act to
the extent that it is governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act.
(b) A court of this State shall treat a tribe as if it were a state of the
United
States for the purpose of applying Articles 1 and 2.
(c) A child-custody determination made by a tribe under factual
circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of
this Act
must be recognized and enforced under Article 3.
(Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)
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