25 CFR §23.130
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- (a)In any adoptive placement of an Indian child under State law, where the Indian child's Tribe has not established a different order of preference under paragraph (b) of this section, preference must be given in descending order, as listed below, to placement of the child with:
- (b)If the Indian child's Tribe has established by resolution a different order of preference than that specified in ICWA, the Tribe's placement preferences apply.
- (c)The court must, where appropriate, also consider the placement preference of the Indian child or Indian child's parent.