---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1914"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1914"
heading: "Petition to court of competent jurisdiction to invalidate action upon showing of certain violations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1914"
units:
  - "Chapter 21 — Indian Child Welfare"
  - "Subchapter I — Child Custody Proceedings"
---

# §1914. Petition to court of competent jurisdiction to invalidate action upon showing of certain violations


Any [Indian child](/usc/25/1903.md?p=4) who is the subject of any action for foster care placement or termination of parental rights under State law, any [parent](/usc/25/1903.md?p=9) or [Indian custodian](/usc/25/1903.md?p=6) from whose custody such child was removed, and the [Indian child](/usc/25/1903.md?p=4)’s tribe may petition any court of competent jurisdiction to invalidate such action upon a showing that such action violated any provision of sections [1911](/usc/25/1911.md), [1912](/usc/25/1912.md), and [1913](/usc/25/1913.md) of this title.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–608, title I, § 104, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3072.)