Statutes | 4 HCC § 3 Chapter XIII § 71 | 2020
The Court shall consider the appointment of a guardian for a child from the following persons in the following order:
a. Paternal Traditional Relatives, provided these relatives are Hocak Tribal members, with priority to paternal grandparents.
b. Other maternal Traditional Relatives, with priority to the Tega and maternal grandparents, if the father is not a member of the Hocak Nation, or is not known.
c. Another Hocak family.
d. Another American Indian family that is a relative of one of the child&rsquos parent(s).
e. A suitable American Indian family.
f. Another family which can provide a suitable home for Hocak children.