---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 23.115"
title: "25"
number: "23.115"
heading: "How are petitions for transfer of a proceeding made?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/23.115"
---

# §23.115. How are petitions for transfer of a proceeding made?

- (a) Either parent, the Indian custodian, or the Indian child's Tribe may request, at any time, orally on the record or in writing, that the State court transfer a foster-care or termination-of-parental-rights proceeding to the jurisdiction of the child's Tribe.
- (b) The right to request a transfer is available at any stage in each foster-care or termination-of-parental-rights proceeding.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 81 FR 38867, June 14, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 1901-1952.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 2256, Jan. 13, 1994, unless otherwise noted.