Legal Opinion
State v. Zaman
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided October 9, 1997No. CV-96-0328-PRPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARTONE, Justice.
The issue before us is whether a state court has subject matter jurisdiction in an action brought by the State of Arizona, at the request of a member of an Indian tribe, against a non-member, non-Indian father, to determine paternity, custody, and child support obligations involving a child eligible for tribal membership. We hold that the state court has subject matter jurisdiction.
I. Facts
Barbara Wilson is an enrolled member of the Navajo Tribe. Akhtar Zaman is neither a member nor an Indian. Both parties lived and worked on the Navajo Reservation.
Wilson and Zaman…
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