Title 34 — NavyRelease 119-73not60
§21303 Increased Funding for Formula Grants Authorized
Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Protection of Children and Other Persons › Chapter 213— RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD CUSTODY › § 21303
Summary
The Attorney General must give a State more money under the formula grants covered by this chapter if the State has a law that lets the mother of a child conceived by rape ask a court to end the rapist’s parental rights. A court must be able to grant that request when it finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that the child was conceived by rape.
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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
Title 34 — Navy
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60