(a) An Indian tribe shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any child custody proceeding involving an Indian child who resides or is domiciled within the reservation of the tribe, except where jurisdiction is vested in the state under federal law. The Indian tribe shall retain exclusive jurisdiction if the Indian child is a ward of a tribal court, notwithstanding the residence or domicile of the child. (b) In any state court proceeding for the shelter care placement of, or termination of parental rights to, an Indian child not domiciled or residing within the reservation of the Indian child's tribe, the state court, upon the petition of either parent, the Indian custodian or the Indian child's tribe and absent good cause to the contrary or an objection by either parent, shall transfer the proceeding to the jurisdiction of the appropriate tribe. Nothing in this subsection shall limit the tribal court's authority to decline a transfer to the tribal court under this subsection. (c) The Indian custodian of an Indian child and the Indian child's tribe shall have the right to intervene in any state court proceeding for the shelter care placement of, or termination of parental rights to, an Indian child. (d) The state of Wyoming shall give full faith and credit to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of any Indian tribe applicable to Indian child custody proceedings to the same extent that the tribe gives full faith and credit to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of the state of Wyoming.
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