---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 11.1110"
title: "25"
number: "11.1110"
heading: "Minor-in-need-of-care adjudicatory hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/11.1110"
---

# §11.1110. Minor-in-need-of-care adjudicatory hearing.

- (a) The children's court shall conduct the adjudicatory hearing for the sole purpose of determining whether the minor is a minor-in-need-of-care. The hearing shall be private and closed.
- (b) All the rights listed in [§ 11.906](/cfr/25/11.906.md) of this part shall be afforded the parties in the adjudicatory hearing, except that the court may not appoint counsel if the parties cannot afford one. The notice requirements of [§ 11.906(a)](/cfr/25/11.906.md?p=a) are met by a summons issued pursuant to [§ 11.1109](/cfr/25/11.1109.md).
- (c) The children's court shall hear testimony concerning the circumstances which gave rise to the complaint.
- (d) If the circumstances of the petition are sustained by clear and convincing evidence, the children's court shall find the minor to be a minor-in-need-of-care and proceed to the dispositional hearing.
- (e) **A finding that a minor is a minor-in-need-of-care 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.