(2019 REPLACEMENT) TITLE 4 CHILDREN and FAMILY LAW This
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
PUEBLO OF ACOMA LAWS 2003 (2019 REPLACEMENT) TITLE 4 CHILDREN AND FAMILY LAW This Replacement includes laws enacted since the Pueblo of Acoma Laws 2003 pursuant to Tribal Council Resolutions dated January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2018. Pueblo of Acoma Laws 2003 (2019 Replacement) Page 4 - A PUEBLO OF ACOMA LAWS 2003 (2019 REPLACEMENT) TITLE 4 CHILDREN AND FAMILY LAW These laws may be cited by Title, Chapter, Section and Year as "Section or § _-_-_ Pueblo of Acoma Laws 2003 (2019 Replacement)" Pueblo of Acoma Laws 2003 (2019 Replacement) Page 4 - B PUEBLO OF ACOMA LAWS 2003 (2019 REPLACEMENT) TITLE 4 CHILDREN AND FAMILY LAW TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page 1. Purpose of Title ............................................................................................................4-1 4-1-1 Title .......................................................................................................4-1 4-1-2 Basic Rights of Children ........................................................................4-2 4-1-3 Evidence to be Considered ...................................................................4-2 4-1-4 Duties of employees ..............................................................................4-2 4-1-5 Severability ............................................................................................4-2 2. Children and Family Act ...............................................................................................4-2 4-2-1 Adoption of the Family Services Act ......................................................4-2 4-2-2 Purpose of the Act .................................................................................4-2 4-2-3 Definitions .............................................................................................4-3 A. Abandonment ..................................................................................4-4 B. Abuse .............................................................................................4-4 C. Abused Child ..................................................................................4-4 D. Abuser ............................................................................................4-5 E. Acoma Community .........................................................................4-5 F. Active Efforts ..................................................................................4-5 G. Adult ...............................................................................................4-5 H. Aggravated Circumstances .............................................................4-5 I. Best Interests of the Child ...............................................................4-6 J. Caretaker ........................................................................................4-6 K. Case Management .........................................................................4-7 L. Case Plan ......................................................................................4-7 M. Cessation of Parental Rights ..........................................................4-7 N. Child ...............................................................................................4-7 O. Child Assistance .............................................................................4-7 P. Children’s Court Attorney ................................................................4-7 Q. Child In Need of Services ...............................................................4-7 R. Child Maltreatment .........................................................................4-8 S. Child Welfare Case Worker ............................................................4-8 T. Clear and Convincing Evidence ......................................................4-8 U. Contempt of Court ..........................................................................4-8 V. Court ..............................................................................................4-8 W. Court-appointed Special Advocate ..................................................4-8 X. Custodian .......................................................................................4-9 Y. Customary Adoption .......................................................................4-9 Z. Disproportionate Minority Contact ...................................................4-9 AA. Dispositional Hearing ......................................................................4-9 AB. Delinquent Act ...............................................................................4-9 AC. Delinquent Child .......................................................................... 4-10 AD. Delinquent Offender .................................................................... 4-10 Pueblo of Acoma Laws 20013 (2019 Replacement) Page 4 - i AE. Detention Facility ......................................................................... 4-10 AF. Domicile ....................................................................................... 4-10 AG. Elder ............................................................................................ 4-10 AH. Emergency .................................................................................. 4-10 AI. Emergency Placement ................................................................ 4-11 AJ. Essential Needs .......................................................................... 4-11 AK. Expert Witness ........................................................................... 4-11 AL. Extended Family ......................................................................... 4-11 AM. Family Assessment ..................................................................... 4-11 AN. Family in Need of Court-ordered Services .................................. 4-11 AO. Family Services .......................................................................... 4-12 AP. Family Violence .......................................................................... 4-12 AQ. Felony ........................................................................................ 4-12 AR. Good Faith .................................................................................. 4-12 AS. Great Bodily/Physical Harm ........................................................ 4-12 AT. Great Physical Harm ................................................................... 4-12 AU. Guardian ..................................................................................... 4-12 AV. Guardian ad Litem ...................................................................... 4-13 AW. ICWA ......................................................................................... 4-13 AX. Indian Child ................................................................................. 4-13 AY. Indian Child’s Tribe .................................................................... 4-13 AZ. Indian Tribe ................................................................................ 4-13 BA. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) ................................................... 4-13 BB. Judge .......................................................................................... 4-13 BC. Lay Advocate .............................................................................. 4-14 BD. Least Restrictive ......................................................................... 4-14 BE. Legal Custody ............................................................................. 4-14 BF. Malicious Reporting ................................................................... 4-14 BG. Member ...................................................................................... 4-14 BH. Misdemeanor .............................................................................. 4-14 BI. Neglect ....................................................................................... 4-15 BJ. Neglected Child .......................................................................... 4-15 BK. Non-Emergency and Non-Routine Medical or Personal Care .... 4-16 BL. Parent or Parents ....................................................................... 4-16 BM. PASS means Pueblo of Acoma Social Services ......................... 4-16 BN. Permanency Plan ....................................................................... 4-16 BO. Person ........................................................................................ 4-16 BP. Placement ................................................................................... 4-16 BQ. Pre-Adoptive Parent ................................................................... 4-17 BR. Protective Supervision ................................................................ 4-17 BS. Residence ................................................................................... 4-17 BT. Residential Care ......................................................................... 4-17 BU. Resource Family ......................................................................... 4-17 BV. Restitution ................................................................................... 4-17 BW. Reunification .............................................................................. 4-17 BX. Safety Assessment ..................................................................... 4-17 BY. Serious Youthful Offender ........................................................... 4-17 BZ. Sexual Abuse .............................................................................. 4-18