Statutes | Coquille Juveile Code Chapter 641 Part 6 ยง 641.570 | 2019
(1) At disposition, the court may grant legal custody to Social Services or to another tribally approved agency for the care of dependent children.
(2) The duties and authority of the legal custodian are as follows:
(a) to have physical custody and control of the child and
(b) to supply the child with food, clothing, shelter and incidental necessities and
(c) to provide the child with care, education and discipline and
(d) to authorize ordinary medical, dental, mental health or other remedial care and treatment as the child needs and, in an emergency, to authorize surgery or other extraordinary care and
(e) To make such reports and to supply such information as the court may from time to time require and
To apply for or to transfer the payee for any tribal, state or federal disability benefits or other public assistance to which the child is entitled, and to use those benefits for the care of the child, and to open a trust account for the management of those funds as may be necessary and
(g) To make an application for enrollment on behalf of the child with a tribe in which the child is eligible for enrollment and has the closest relationship.