Tribe: Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation
8.03.030 Procedure for Delinquent
Children.
The Lummi Nation may file a petition or
complaint in the court alleging that a child has
violated this Title. The court may conduct a
preliminary inquiry to determine whether the
interests of the child or the public require that
further action be taken. In any petition alleging
delinquency, a parent or legal guardian of the
child alleged to be delinquent may be made a
party in the petition, or may be added at a later
date. Upon the basis of the preliminary inquiry,
the Court may:
(a) make informal recommendations to the
child and the child’s parent or person having
custody as are appropriate to the circumstances;
(b) require the child and the child’s parents or
person having custody to appear for an informal
hearing, where the court may hear and
determine the case in a private and informal
manner and may, in lieu of any punishment
provided for in the code, place such juvenile
under agreed conditions of conduct or under the
supervision of a responsible person, institution,
or organization selected by the court, under
such provisions as the court may see fit;