Statutes | Kenaitze Indian Domestic Relations Code Chapter 1 ยง 6 | 2020
The following placement preferences shall be applied in all cases where a child is placed out of the home, unless the Court finds that it would be in the childs best interest to vary the order of preference or place the child not according to these preferences:
1. A member of the childs extended family who resides closest to or in the city or community in which the child resides
2. A member of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe that resides within the tribes Territory
3. A foster home, licensed, approved or specified by the Kenaitze Indian Tribe
4. A member of another tribe that resides in or around the Tribes Territory and with whom the child is culturally related.
5. A member of the childs extended family who resides elsewhere
6. A resident of Kenai or the surrounding communities
7. A group treatment home.