Statutes | Kalispel Tribe Law and Order Code Chapter 7 § 7-20 § 7-20.02 | 2020
"Youth in Need of Care" means any youth who:
(1) Has no parent(s), guardian or custodian willing, available or able to provide adequate care for him or her
(2) Has been emotionally, physically or sexually abused
(3) Has not been provided with adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical, dental or mental health care, education, and/or supervision by his or her parent(s), guardian or custodian, and the deprivation is not due primarily to the lack of financial means of the parent(s), guardian or custodian. "Education" includes the parents responsibility to send the youth to school regularly
(4) Has been physically or emotionally neglected
(5) Has repeatedly run away from home
(6) Has committed delinquent acts as a result of parental or custodial neglect, pressure, guidance or approval
(7) Is in serious conflict with his or her parent(s), guardian or custodian to the point where assistance outside the immediate family is needed or requested by the parent(s), guardian, or other custodian
(8) Has been placed for care or adoption in violation of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (as amended) or in violation of the law and policy of the Kalispel Tribe or
(9) Has been habitually disobedient of the reasonable and lawful command of his or her parent(s), guardian or custodian and is uncontrollable.
Kalispel tribal custom recognizes that a parent may place a child with another caregiver for either short term or long term. This is not in itself grounds for a youth in need of care action. However, a parent who has placed a child with another person because he or she is unable to adequately care for a child, is expected by the Kalispel Tribal Community, to work toward becoming an adequate parent.