{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s678","title_num":"42","num":"§ 678.","heading":"Rule of construction","status":null,"guid":"id669337a9-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 478, as added Pub. L. 105–89, title I, § 101(d), Nov. 19, 1997, 111 Stat. 2117.)","seq_in_title":1628,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch7/schIV/ptE","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch7","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 7—","heading":"SOCIAL SECURITY","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch7/schIV","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER IV—","heading":"GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID AND SERVICES TO NEEDY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND FOR CHILD-WELFARE SERVICES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch7/schIV/ptE","level":"part","num":"Part E—","heading":"Federal Payments for Foster Care, Prevention, and Permanency","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<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=\"id89d68064-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s678\"><num value=\"678\">§ 678.</num><heading> Rule of construction</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Nothing in this part shall be construed as precluding State courts from exercising their discretion to protect the health and safety of children in individual cases, including cases other than those described in <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s671/a/15/D\">section 671(a)(15)(D) of this title</ref>.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id89d68065-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1935-08-14/ch531\">Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531</ref>, title IV, § 478, as added <ref href=\"/us/pl/105/89/tI/s101/d\">Pub. L. 105–89, title I, § 101(d)</ref>, <date date=\"1997-11-19\">Nov. 19, 1997</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/111/2117\">111 Stat. 2117</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id89d68066-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"priorProvisions\" id=\"id89d68067-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Prior Provisions</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">A prior section 678, <ref href=\"/us/act/1935-08-14/ch531/tIV/s478\">act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 478</ref>, as added <date date=\"1986-10-22\">Oct. 22, 1986</date>, <ref href=\"/us/pl/99/514/tXVIII/s1883/b/10/A\">Pub. L. 99–514, title XVIII, § 1883(b)(10)(A)</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/100/2917\">100 Stat. 2917</ref>, excluded from AFDC unit child for whom foster care maintenance payments are made, prior to repeal by <ref href=\"/us/pl/101/508/tV/s5052/b\">Pub. L. 101–508, title V, § 5052(b)</ref>, (c), <date date=\"1990-11-05\">Nov. 5, 1990</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/104/1388-228\">104 Stat. 1388–228</ref>, applicable with respect to benefits for months beginning on or after the first day of the sixth calendar month following November 1990.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id89d68068-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective <date date=\"1997-11-19\">Nov. 19, 1997</date>, except as otherwise provided, with delay permitted if State legislation is required, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/105/89/s501\">section 501 of Pub. L. 105–89</ref>, set out as an Effective Date of 1997 Amendments note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s622\">section 622 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-19","currency_date":"2019-05-31","congress":116,"law_num":19,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":174,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["25","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}