Sec. 6.27. Emergency Custody of Minor-in-Need-of-Care.

Statutes | Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe Chapter 28 § 6.27 | 2019

Tribal Social Services is hereby authorized to take a child into custody if in the judgment and experience of the Social Worker, a child is in imminent danger or is unsupervised and incorrigible.  Tribal Social Services shall file a petition for temporary emergency custody of the child within twenty-four (24) hours of taking emergency custody of a child.