SISSETON-WAHPETON SIOUX TRIBE
CHAPTER 41
TEMPORARY PLACEMENT
41-01-01 WHO MAY FILE A PETITION
Any person having knowledge of the circumstances may file a petition with a
Court of jurisdiction, the Tribal Human Services Board, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Branch of Welfare, or the Roberts County Welfare Board for the
temporary or emergency foster care placement of children. If any emergency
exists, the Tribal Human Services Board, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Branch of
Welfare, or the Roberts County Welfare Board may provide for the immediate
placement of a child without Court order pending hearing by the Court.
41-02-01 CONTENTS OF THE PETITION
The petition for the temporary placement of a child shall include information in
accordance with Chapter 39, Section 39-03-01 through 39-04-07 and the grounds on
which the temporary placement is sought.
41-03-01 SOCIAL STUDY PRIOR TO HEARING
A social study shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 39, Section
39-08-O1.
41-04-01 NOTICE
Within five (5) days after the social study has been submitted, the Court shall
set the time and place for a hearing and shall comply with the notice provisions
of Chapter 39, 39-09-01.
41-05-0l HEARING
The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 39, Section 39-10-01.
41-06-01 DISPOSITION OF THE PETITION
A petition for temporary placement of a child may be granted:
1. In accordance with Chapter 39, Section 39-04-01; and
2. In other petitions, where the Court finds that any child under twenty-one
(21) years of age is without proper guardianship due to the unavailability or
incapacity of the parent or guardian caused from death, incarceration, in
correction institutions, jails, mental institutions, insanity, or mental defect,
abandonment, or other causes. (Abandonment defined: see Chapter 39, Section
39-12-01, 1.)
41-07-01 GUARDIANSHIP OF DESTITUTE OR DEPENDENT CHILDREN
The guardianship of the person and the custody of a destitute or dependent child
may be committed to the Tribal Human Services Board by an order of the Juvenile
Court
41-08-01 ORDER OF TEMPORARY PLACEMENT
Following the hearing on the petition, the Court shall enter such order as the
circumstances warrant, and, in the event the Court determines that the child
should be temporarily placed, its order shall include proper findings relative
to service of notice appearances, the grounds on which the decision is made, and
conclusions of law.
41-08-02 Subsequent to the issuance of such order, the Court shall, by separate order, proceed to arrange care for such child temporarily and, if necessary, shall forthwith cause search to be made for parent or guardian, if parent or guardian cannot be found, or is unable to, or refuses to make suitable provisions as seems for the best interest of such child within the provisions of this Chapter.
41-09-01 VISITATION RIGHTS
When temporary placements are granted pursuant to Section 41-08-01 of this
Chapter, parental-child access to one another shall be authorized at all
reasonable times in order to promote the best interests of the child and the
parent and the maintenance of the parent-child relationship during parental
rehabilitation or of institutionalization.
41-10-01 TEMPORARY PLACEMENT TERMINATED
A natural parent or parents or guardian, in accordance with the Tribal custom,
may petition the Court for termination of the temporary placement. The Court
shall order a social study to be conducted and a hearing to be held to determine
whether the parents) or guardian have been rehabilitated. If rehabilitation has
been successful, the Court placement order and providing for the restoration of
custody to the natural parent, parents, or guardian. Depending upon the
circumstances, should rehabilitation efforts be unsuccessful within a period of
six (6) months to one (1) year, after the temporary placement order, the Court
shall rescind the temporary placement and proceed to arrange for permanent
placement under the provisions of Chapter 39.
41-10-02 When a child is without parent or guardian due to death, abandonment or non-appointment, the Court shall proceed to arrange permanent placement for the child as if the child's parent-child relationship had been terminated.
SEVERABILITY
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this code shall, for any
reason be adjudicated by-any Court of competent jurisdiction, to be invalid or
unconstitutional, such judgement shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the
remainder thereof,. but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
sentence, paragraph, section, or part thereof directly involved in-the
controversy in which the judgement shall have been rendered.