---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 11.1010"
title: "25"
number: "11.1010"
heading: "Adjudicatory hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/11.1010"
---

# §11.1010. Adjudicatory hearing.

- (a) The children's court shall conduct the adjudicatory hearing for the sole purpose of determining the guilt or innocence of the minor. The hearing shall be private and closed.
- (b) All the rights listed in [§ 11.906](/cfr/25/11.906.md) shall be afforded the parties at the adjudicatory hearing. The notice requirements of [§ 11.906(a)](/cfr/25/11.906.md?p=a) are met by a summons issued pursuant to [§ 11.1009](/cfr/25/11.1009.md).
- (c) If the minor admits the allegations of the petition, the children's court shall proceed to the dispositional stage only if the children's court finds that:
  - (1) The minor fully understands his or her rights as set forth in [§ 11.906](/cfr/25/11.906.md) of this part and fully understands the potential consequences of admitting the allegations;
  - (2) The minor voluntarily, intelligently and knowingly admits to all facts necessary to constitute a basis for children's court action; and
  - (3) The minor has not, in the purported admission to the allegations, set forth facts which, if found to be true, constitute a defense to the allegations.
- (d) The children's court shall hear testimony concerning the circumstances which gave rise to the complaint.
- (e) If the allegations of the petition are sustained by proof beyond a reasonable doubt, the children's court shall find the minor to be a juvenile offender and proceed to the dispositional hearing.
- (f) **A finding that a minor is a juvenile offender constitutes a final order for purposes of appeal.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; R.S. 463, 25 U.S.C. 2; R.S. 465, 25 U.S.C. 9; 42 Stat. 208, 25 U.S.C. 13; 38 Stat. 586, 25 U.S.C. 200.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 54411, Oct. 21, 1993, unless otherwise noted.