First v. State ex rel. Laroche

The State of Montana, Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, ex rel., Faith LaRoche, appeals an order of the First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County, which held that a Montana administrative tribunal had no subject matter or personal jurisdiction to utilize income withholding proceedings against Montana unemployment insurance benefits payable to Jerome First, Jr., an enrolled member of the Fort Peck Tribes residing on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, for payment of a previously court-ordered child support obligation. This District Court order reversed an income withholding…