Legal Opinion
Byzewski v. Byzewski
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided September 20, 1988No. Civ. 870132PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVINE, Justice.
Marilynn LaVonne Byzewski, an enrolled member and resident of the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation, appeals from a district court divorce judgment awarding Raphael August Byzewski, a non-Indian currently residing in Grand Forks County, custody of the couple’s three children and ordering that she pay child support. Mari-lynn asserts that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate Raphael’s custody and support claims. We agree and accordingly reverse the judgment insofar as it awards Raphael custody of the children and orders Marilynn to pay child…
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