<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="idc1aa3829-ec38-11e5-86c3-d68ad8aafe28" identifier="/us/usc/t25/s1923"><num value="1923">§ 1923.</num><heading> Effective date</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">None of the provisions of this subchapter, except sections 1911(a), 1918, and 1919 of this title, shall affect a proceeding under State law for foster care placement, termination of parental rights, preadoptive placement, or adoptive placement which was initiated or completed prior to one hundred and eighty days after <date date="1978-11-08">November 8, 1978</date>, but shall apply to any subsequent proceeding in the same matter or subsequent proceedings affecting the custody or placement of the same child.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="idc1aa382a-ec38-11e5-86c3-d68ad8aafe28">(<ref href="/us/pl/95/608/tI">Pub. L. 95–608, title I</ref>, § 113, <date date="1978-11-08">Nov. 8, 1978</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/92/3075">92 Stat. 3075</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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