Legal Opinion
Harris v. Young
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided July 3, 1991No. 17237Published
1Opinion of the Court
473 N.W.2d 141 (1991)
John C. HARRIS, Appellee,
v.
Charlene K. YOUNG, formerly Charlene K. Harris, Appellant.
No. 17237.
Supreme Court of South Dakota.
Argued March 20, 1991.
Decided July 3, 1991.
Curtis W. Hanks, Lemmon, for appellee.
Eric J. Antoine, Dakota Plains Legal Services, Mission, for appellant.
SABERS, Justice.
Indian mother living on reservation with her three children challenges the subject matter jurisdiction of state circuit court to modify the child custody provisions of a Wyoming divorce decree.
Facts
Young (mother) and Harris (father) were divorced by a Wyoming state court in 1981.…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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