John v. Baker

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In a previous appeal of this case, John v. Baker I, we held that the Northway Tribal Court had jurisdiction to adjudicate child *70custody disputes involving tribal members.1 We remanded to the superior court for determination whether the tribal court's 1995 custody decision in this case should be recognized by the superior court under the comity doctrine.2 On remand, the superior court determined that, because much of the record of the tribal proceedings had been lost, "the Court will never know what actually transpired [in the Northway proceeding]."…