Tribal Law - Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund

Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico - Tribal Law

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Pueblo de San Ildefonso Code.

9.1.4.030 Effect of Children's Court Proceedings

(a) No adjudication upon the status of any child in the jurisdiction of the Children's Court shall:

(1) Operate to impose any of the civil disabilities imposed for conviction of a crime. The disposition of the child or nay evidence given by the child in the Children's Court shall not be admissible as evidence against him in any case or proceeding in any other Court, nor shall the disposition or evidence in the Children's Court disqualify him for employment or enlistment in the Armed Services.

(2) Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to relate to subsequent proceedings in the Children's Court, nor shall preclude the Children's Court from disclosing information to qualified persons if the Court considers such disclosure to be in the best interests of the child.

(3) A violation of the Pueblo of San Ildefonso Code by a child before becoming eighteen (18) years of age is not a crime unless the Children's Court refers the matter to the San Ildefonso Tribal Court of Federal Court and conviction results.