Tribe: Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
SECTION 12-8-13. Decree of Disposition
(a) After adjudication as a juvenile delinquent and subsequent investigation and analysis under Section
12-8-12 above, the court shall enter a decree of disposition according to the least restrictive alternative
available in the best interests of the child. The court decree shall contain any of the following:
( 1) Placement of the child on probation;
(2) Placement of the child under protective supervision with the custody of one or both
parents, guardian, custodian, relative or another suitable person under conditions imposed by the court;
(3) Placement of the child and/or the parent in a detention facility;
(4) Order the child, or the parents if the Court deems appropriate, to pay restitution for any
damage done to property under conditions set by the court if payment can be enforced without serious
hardship to the child; (5) Placement of the child in a group care facility or a foster home under supervision of a
court services officer;
(6) Order the child to be examined and treated at a place suited to the needs of the child;
(7) Order traditional/cultural forn1s of treatment or care which may be appropriate for the
child’s needs, only with the consent of the parent, guardian or custodian;
(8) Order the child, and/or the parent(s), to perform community service.
(9) Order the child and/or the parent to engage in any form of rehabilitative or family
counseling it deems necessary.
( I 0) Order the child and/or the parent to work with any tribal program or outside agency the
Court deems necessary to benefit the child.
(11) Emancipate the child.
(12) Order the child to be made a ward of the Omaha Tribal Court, one of its entities or any
other outside governmental or quasi-governmental agency or institution in order to provide services or
resources not otherwise available to the Tribe, or tor financial reasons that would render those same
services if provided by the Tribe unreasonably burdensome financially.
(b) The terms and conditions of probation, detention or foster acre and the progress of each child
placed on probation, detention or foster care shall be reviewed at least once every six (6) months. The court
may release a child or modify the terms and conditions of the child’s dispositional decree at any time. Any
child who has satisfactorily complied with the terms, conditions and duration of the decree shall be released
from the jurisdiction of the Court.