What is the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) and does it apply to ICWA proceedings?
The Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) is a law adopted by all fifty states, the District of Columbia and the United States Virgin Islands that provides for uniform legal and administrative procedures governing the interstate placement of children. See, e.g., Alaska Stat . §§ 47.70.010-.080 (2004); Cal. Family Code §§ 7900-12 (2005); Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 24-60-1801 to -1803 (2001); N.M. Stat. §§ 32A-11-1 to -7 (2005); Okla. Stat. tit. 10, §§ 10-571 to -576 (2000). The purpose of ICPC is to ensure that children placed out of their home state receive the same protections and services that would be provided if they remained in their home state. Normally, in the case of transfers from one state system to another, the court order from the sending state cannot legally be supervised in the receiving state without obtaining approval through the compact.
The Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) is a law adopted by all fifty states, the District of Columbia and the United States Virgin Islands that provides for uniform legal and administrative procedures governing the interstate placement of children. See, e.g., Alaska Stat . §§ 47.70.010-.080 (2004); Cal. Family Code §§ 7900-12 (2005); Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 24-60-1801 to -1803 (2001); N.M. Stat. §§ 32A-11-1 to -7 (2005); Okla. Stat. tit. 10, §§ 10-571 to -576 (2000). The purpose of ICPC is to ensure that children placed out of their home state receive the same protections and services that would be provided if they remained in their home state. Normally, in the case of transfers from one state system to another, the court order from the sending state cannot legally be supervised in the receiving state without obtaining approval through the compact. The ICPC applies to interstate placements under ICWA when the intent is to have the receiving state supervise the placemen
