Statutes | Title V, Section 311, C.C.C.J. | 2019
(a) The child, the childs Guardian Ad Litem, parent or custodian may petition the Chitimacha Tribal Court for return of an abused, neglected, or abandoned child to the parent or custodian. Such a petition shall not be filed until three (3) months after the order of disposition and only at six (6) month intervals thereafter. The petition shall be in writing, but need not be in any particular form. Grounds for return include a showing that the child would not be in danger of being abused, neglected or abandoned upon return to the parent or custodian.
(b) Upon receipt of a petition for return of a child, the Chitimacha Tribal Court shall order the "authorized personnel" to undertake a home study. If after consideration of the petition and home study, the Chitimacha Tribal Court finds substantial evidence that the child may safely be returned to the home of the parent or guardian, the Court shall order and hold a hearing on the matter, following the procedures set forth in Section 307 of this Title.
(Revised by Ordinance # 01-10 Adopted: July 15, 2010 Effective: July 15, 2010)