Parental Substance Use as Child Maltreatment - Cherokee Nation

Substance-Exposed Newborns
Tribal Code Ch. 51, § 1101

The term 'deprived child' means a child who is a child in need of special care and treatment because of their physical or mental condition, including a child born in a condition of dependence on a controlled dangerous substance, and their parents, legal guardian, or other custodian is unable or willfully fails to provide said special care and treatment.

Children Exposed to Parental Substance Use

This issue is not addressed in the laws and ordinances reviewed.