Legal Opinion
In Re the Matter of J.D.M.C.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided September 12, 2007No. 23998PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SABERS, Justice.
[¶ 1.] We determine whether the circuit court correctly granted full faith and credit or comity to a tribal court abuse and ne-gleet order when all parties, at all relevant times, lived off the reservation. Because the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe (SWO) and Mother did not meet their burden to show the tribal court had personal jurisdiction, we reverse the circuit court.
FACTS
[¶ 2.] Mother and Father were married in Sisseton, South Dakota, on December 27, 2002. Mother is an enrolled member of the SWO Tribe and Father is a non-Indian. The couple had two daughters, J.D.M.C. and…
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