PAP.15.5.060 Voluntary Kinship Care Only.

The LCO Kinship Care Office determines all of the following conditions are met:

(a) Child's basic needs. The child needs to live with the relative caregiver because one or more of the following basic needs of the child can be better met by the relative caregiver than the child's parent(s):

(1) The need for adequate food, shelter, clothing, and education.

(2) The need to be free from physical, sexual, or emotional injury, neglect, or exploitation.

(3) The need for a safe or permanent family.

(4) The need to develop physically, mentally, and emotionally to the child's potential.

(b) Parental consent. The LCO Kinship Care Office determines that the child's custodial parent(s) have consented to the child living with the relative caregiver, except that no consent is required if the relative caregiver has guardianship of the child through the Tribal Court (or state).