§ 6. Child Placement Preferences

Statutes | Kenaitze Indian Domestic Relations Code Chapter 1 § 6

The following placement preferences shall be applied in all cases where a child is placed out of the home, unless the Court finds that it would be in the childs best interest to vary the order of preference or place the child not according to these preferences:     ...

§ 5. Guardian ad litems and CASAs

Statutes | Kenaitze Indian Domestic Relations Code Chapter 1 § 5

The Tribal Court may appoint a Guardian ad litem and/or CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) for a child in any case involving child abuse or neglect or any other case where the Court deems it necessary for a minor child to have such representation.

§ 4. Best Interest of the Child

Statutes | Kenaitze Indian Domestic Relations Code Chapter 1 § 4

In all cases involving children, the Kenaitze Tribal Court shall hear all the facts and evidence brought before it and shall respectfully consider the rights of all parties in the case, however, those of the child shall be most important.  The best interest of the child shall be more important...

§ 3. Applicability

Statutes | Kenaitze Indian Domestic Relations Code Chapter 1 § 3

This Code shall be applied to all new cases as well as all pending and existing cases at the Courts discretion or as is appropriate.

§ 2. Authority and Jurisdiction

Statutes | Kenaitze Indian Domestic Relations Code Chapter 1 § 2

The Kenaitze Tribal Government regulates domestic relations matters under the authority of its inherent sovereign powers as a federally recognized Indian tribe, under any additional new powers so delegated by Congress, under unwritten tribal law, under the Constitution of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe,...

§ 1. History and Purpose

Statutes | Kenaitze Indian Domestic Relations Code Chapter 1 § 1

Since time immemorial, we the Denaina Athabascan people, including the Kenaitze Indian Tribe, have resolved dispute and conflict, maintained community peace, and delivered justice within our Tribal Territory through the use of our Traditional Athabascan Laws, Customs, and Practices.   The...

§ 21. Proof of Compliance with Orders

Statutes | Kenaitze Indian Tribe Code Chapter 2 § 21

Records of proof of compliance with Orders of the Tribal Court shall be kept by the Tribal Court Clerk in the Court files.  Parties shall have 30 days to complete the requirements of an Order unless otherwise specified in the Order. Proof that the action has been completed shall be given to the...

§ 18. Options for Orders and Sentences

Statutes | Kenaitze Indian Tribe Code Chapter 2 § 18

The Court may issue Orders concerning child custody arrangements, domestic relations issues, and any other type of case where an Order is appropriate.  Unless the Kenaitze Tribal Code sets a specific penalty for a particular civil violation, the Kenaitze Tribal Court Judges, either by...

§ 2. Definitions

Statutes | Kenaitze Indian Tribe Code Chapter 2 § 2

The following words and phrases, whenever used in this Chapter, shall have the following meanings: Banishment means sending a person out of the Denaina Territory of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe for a period of time or permanently. Emergency circumstances mean circumstances in which it reasonably...

9-4.02 MISBRANDING OF LIVESTOCK

Statutes | Kalispel Tribe Law and Order Code Chapter 9 § 9-4.§ 9-4.02

Any person who willfully misbrands or alters a brand or identification mark on any livestock owned by another person shall be deemed guilty of misbranding of livestock.