Tribe: Oneida Nation
708.33-6. The parties, and the placement provider or adoptive resource, may agree to attend
peacemaking to establish an agreement regarding post-voluntary suspension or termination of
parental rights contact with a birth parent, birth sibling, or other birth relative of the child.
(a) Any party to a post-voluntary suspension or termination contact agreement or the
child who is the subject of the proceedings may petition the Court that approved the
agreement to compel any person who is bound by the agreement to comply with the
agreement. The petition shall allege facts sufficient to show that a person who is bound
by the agreement is not in compliance with the agreement and that the petitioner, before
filing the petition, attempted in good faith to resolve the dispute giving rise to the filing
of the petition. The petition may also allege facts showing that the noncompliance with
the agreement is not in the best interests of the child.
(b) After receiving a petition for action regarding a post-voluntary suspension or
termination contact agreement the Court shall set a date and time for a hearing on the
petition and shall provide notice of the hearing to all parties to the agreement and may
reappoint a guardian ad litem for the child.
(c) If the Court finds, after hearing, that any person bound by the agreement is not in
compliance with the agreement and that the petitioner, before filing the petition,
attempted in good faith to resolve the dispute giving rise to the filing of the petition,
the Court shall issue an order requiring the person to comply with the agreement and
may find a party in contempt.
(d) The Court may not revoke a suspension or termination of parental rights order or
an order of adoption because an adoptive parent or other custodian of the child or a
birth parent, birth sibling, or other birth relative of the child fails to comply with a post
voluntary suspension or termination contact agreement; however, the parties may
return to peacemaking to revise the agreement, or the Court may amend an order if it
finds an amendment to the order is in the best interests of the child.