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§21303 Increased funding for formula grants authorized

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Protection of Children and Other Persons › Chapter CHAPTER 213— - RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD CUSTODY › § 21303

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

AG must increase grants to States that let rape-survivor mothers seek court orders ending rapists' parental rights on clear and convincing evidence.

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Title 34, §21303

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The Attorney General shall increase the amount provided to a State under the covered formula grants in accordance with this chapter if the State has in place a law that allows the mother of any child that was conceived through rape to seek court-ordered termination of the parental rights of her rapist with regard to that child, which the court is authorized to grant upon clear and convincing evidence of rape.

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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 14043h–2 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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34 U.S.C. § 21303

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73