---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 23.129"
title: "25"
number: "23.129"
heading: "When do the placement preferences apply?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/23.129"
---

# §23.129. When do the placement preferences apply?

- (a) In any preadoptive, adoptive, or foster-care placement of an Indian child, the placement preferences specified in [§ 23.130](/cfr/25/23.130.md) and [§ 23.131](/cfr/25/23.131.md) apply.
- (b) Where a consenting parent requests anonymity in a voluntary proceeding, the court must give weight to the request in applying the preferences.
- (c) The placement preferences must be applied in any foster-care, preadoptive, or adoptive placement unless there is a determination on the record that good cause under [§ 23.132](/cfr/25/23.132.md) exists to not apply those placement preferences.

## 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.