<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 1-1-25 - When order or judgment of tribal court may be recognized in state courts. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2030373Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2030373SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2030373CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2030373Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; 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margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2030373Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-1-25"><span class="s2030373SENU">1-1-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2030373SENU">. </span><span class="s2030373CL">When order or judgment of tribal court may be recognized in state courts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030373Normal-000000"><span class="s2030373DefaultParagraphFont">No order or judgment of a tribal court in the State of South Dakota may be recognized as a matter of comity in the state courts of South Dakota, except under the following terms and conditions:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030373Normal-000001"><span class="s2030373DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Before a state court may consider recognizing a tribal court order or judgment the party seeking recognition shall establish by clear and convincing evidence that:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030373Normal-000002"><span class="s2030373DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    The tribal court had jurisdiction over both the subject matter and the parties;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030373Normal-000002"><span class="s2030373DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    The order or judgment was not fraudulently obtained;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030373Normal-000002"><span class="s2030373DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    The order or judgment was obtained by a process that assures the requisites of an impartial administration of justice including but not limited to due notice and a hearing;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030373Normal-000002"><span class="s2030373DefaultParagraphFont">(d)    The order or judgment complies with the laws, ordinances and regulations of the jurisdiction from which it was obtained; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030373Normal-000002"><span class="s2030373DefaultParagraphFont">(e)    The order or judgment does not contravene the public policy of the State of South Dakota.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030373Normal-000001"><span class="s2030373DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If a court is satisfied that all of the foregoing conditions exist, the court may recognize the tribal court order or judgment in any of the following circumstances:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030373Normal-000002"><span class="s2030373DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    In any child custody or domestic relations case; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030373Normal-000002"><span class="s2030373DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    In any case in which the jurisdiction issuing the order or judgment also grants comity to orders and judgments of the South Dakota courts; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030373Normal-000002"><span class="s2030373DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    In other cases if exceptional circumstances warrant it; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030373Normal-000002"><span class="s2030373DefaultParagraphFont">(d)    Any order required or authorized to be recognized pursuant to 25 U.S.C., § 1911(d) or 25 U.S.C., § 1919.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030373Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2030373000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030373Normal"><span class="s2030373SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2030373SCL-000004"> SL 1986, ch 6, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>