08.06.010 Declaration of Purpose

Statutes | Lummi Nation Code of Laws Title 8 Chapter 8.06 § 8.06.010

The Lummi Nation acting through the Lummi Indian Business Council finds and declares that the relationship and bond between parents and their children is of paramount importance to the future of the family and to the future of the Lummi Indian Tribe. However, there are occasionally instances where...

08.06.030 Reports

Statutes | Lummi Nation Code of Laws Title 8 Chapter 8.06 § 8.06.030

Whenever any person involved in the delivery of any health or social service on the Lummi Reservation, including but not limited to social workers, education workers, community health representatives, doctors, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, and counselors, or any police officer or other law...

08.06.020 Child Abuse and Neglect Unlawful

Statutes | Lummi Nation Code of Laws Title 8 Chapter 8.06 § 8.06.020

(a) A person who cares for or is legally responsible for a child, and who recklessly abuses or neglects that child is guilty of child abuse or neglect and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a period not to exceed 365 days and a fine not to exceed $5,000.   (b) For the...

08.06.040 Immunity for Civil or Criminal Liability

Statutes | Lummi Nation Code of Laws Title 8 Chapter 8.06 § 8.06.040

Any person participating in good faith in the making of a report pursuant to this Chapter or testifying as to the alleged child abuse or neglect in a judicial proceeding under this Title shall, in so doing, be immune from any liability arising out of such reporting or testifying under any law of...

08.06.050 Violations

Statutes | Lummi Nation Code of Laws Title 8 Chapter 8.06 § 8.06.050

Any person having a duty to make a report under this Chapter who shall fail, neglect, or refuse to make such report shall be guilty of an offense and fined not more than $500 and imprisoned not more than ten days.

08.07.010 Purpose

Statutes | Lummi Nation Code of Laws Title 8 Chapter 8.07 § 8.07.010

Involuntarily and permanently suspending the parents&rsquo legal relationship with a child should be considered as a last resort after all other means have been explored for a permanent placement of the child. The Lummi Children Services Department shall actively explore legal guardianship or a...

08.07.020 Effect of Permanently Suspending the Legal Relationship between a Parent and Child

Statutes | Lummi Nation Code of Laws Title 8 Chapter 8.07 § 8.07.020

(a) The legal relationship between a parent and a child may be permanently suspended under the procedures and standards in this chapter.   (b) For the purposes of the Lummi Code of Laws, permanently suspending the legal relationship between a parent and child means that the parent and the...

08.07.030 Grounds for Permanently Suspending the Legal Relationship between a Parent and Child

Statutes | Lummi Nation Code of Laws Title 8 Chapter 8.07 § 8.07.030

(a) The Children&rsquos Court may permanently suspend the legal relationship between the parent and child of:   (1) a parent who gives consent in accordance with LCL 8.07.100 and   (2) a father whose name does not appear on the birth certificate and who has not established paternity under...

08.07.040 Requirement for Initiation Arising from Child in Need of Protection Proceeding

Statutes | Lummi Nation Code of Laws Title 8 Chapter 8.07 § 8.07.040

(a) Unless the case is exempted under (b) of this section, the Lummi Nation acting through its Children Services Department (or successor agency) shall file a petition to permanently suspend the legal relationship between a parent and a child who continues to remain in the legal custody of the...

08.07.050 Petition for Permanent Suspension of the Legal Relationship between a Parent and Child

Statutes | Lummi Nation Code of Laws Title 8 Chapter 8.07 § 8.07.050

(a) Only the Lummi Children Services Department may file a petition under this chapter to permanently suspend a parent&rsquos legal relationship with a child. Permanent suspension as part of a customary adoption proceeding brought by a private person is separately addressed in Chapter 8.08 of this...