{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-11.900","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 11.900","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For purposes of sections pertaining to the children's court:\n(a) Abandon means the leaving of a minor without communication or failing to support a minor for a period of one year or more with no indication of the parents' willingness to assume a parental role.\n(b) Adult means a person eighteen (18) years or older.\n(c) Counsel means an attorney admitted to the bar of a state or the District of Columbia or a lay advocate admitted to practice before the Court of Indian Offenses.\n(d) Custodian means one who has physical custody of a minor and who is providing food, shelter and supervision to the minor.\n(e) Custody means the power to control the day-to-day activities of the minor.\n(f) Delinquent act means an act which, if committed by an adult, would be designated a crime under this part or under an ordinance of the tribe.\n(g) Detention means the placement of a minor in a physically restrictive facility.\n(h) Guardian means a person other than the minor's parent who is by law responsible for the care of the minor.\n(i) Guardian ad Litem means a person appointed by the court to represent the minor's interests before the court.\n(j) Juvenile offender means a person who commits a delinquent act prior to his or her eighteenth birthday.\n(k) Minor means:\n(1) A person under 18 years of age,\n(2) A person 18 years of age or older concerning whom proceedings are commenced in the children's court prior to his or her eighteenth birthday, or\n(3) A person 18 years of age or older who is under the continuing jurisdiction of the children's court.\n(l) Minor-in-need-of-care means a minor who:\n(1) Has no parent or guardian available and willing to take care of him or her;\n(2) Is unwilling to allow his or her parent or guardian to take care of him or her;\n(3) Has suffered or is likely to suffer a physical or emotional injury, inflicted by other than accidental means, which causes or creates a substantial risk of death, disfigurement, impairment of bodily functions or emotional health;\n(4) Has not been provided with adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education or supervision by his or her parent, guardian or custodian;\n(5) Has been sexually abused;\n(6) Has been committing delinquent acts as a result of parental pressure, guidance or approval; or,\n(7) Has been committing status offenses.\n(m) Status offense means an offense which, if committed by an adult, would not be designated a crime under this part or under an ordinance of the tribe.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER B—LAW AND ORDER","PART 11—COURTS OF INDIAN OFFENSES AND LAW AND ORDER CODE","Subpart I—Children's Court"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-25.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:59Z","sha256":"96f7b2329589220a702c469ca4ff804f9d53fbc5ca5c9e7900c3959f4f8db353","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-11.806","next":"us/25-cfr-11.901"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}