Tribal Law - Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota - Tribal Law

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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

9.04.070 How Consent Is Executed

(a) The required consent to adoption shall be executed at any time after the birth of the child and in the manner following:

(1) If by the individual to be adopted, in the presence of the Court.

(2) If by an agency, by the executive head or other authorized representative, in the presence of a person authorized to take acknowledgments.

(3) If by any other person, in the presence of the Court or in the presence of a person authorized to take acknowledgments.

(4) If by a Court, by appropriate order or certificate.

(b) A consent, which does not name or otherwise identify the adopting parent is valid if the consent contains a statement by the person whose consent it is that the person consenting voluntarily executed the consent irrespective of disclosure of the name or other identification of the adopting parent.