Tribe: Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation
§10.08.050 Community boards mediation panel hearings. (A) Request for Mediation Hearing. A mediation panel hearing may be requested by the presenting officer, the Indian Child Welfare worker, or by order of the Court….(E) Procedure of the Mediation Panel Hearing. The following procedures apply to hearings of the mediation panel: (1) The hearing shall be informal and conducted according to the process established by the community boards program for panel mediation. (2) No substantive information obtained at a community boards mediation hearing may be admitted into evidence at a court hearing or any other court proceeding unless all parties agree otherwise. However, the terms of an agreed disposition are admissible as evidence at a subsequent proceeding involving the care of the youth. (3) If an agreed disposition is reached, it shall be set forth in writing, including any conditions or requirements to be performed….(H) Two years from the date of the Court’s approval of deferred prosecution on an individual defendant, if the defendant has completed all requirements of the deferred prosecution program, the charges against the defendant shall be dismissed with prejudice and the records relating to the defendant shall be destroyed.
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