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· 4/7/1989

In Re Christopher Dwayne Larch Frederick Rocky Larch. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Frederick Wilfred Larch v. Ina Quinn Larch

Citations

  • 872 F.2d 66
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 4683
  • 1989 WL 31341

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the PKPA does apply to tribes because tribal court judgments are entitled to full faith and credit under certain circumstances and tribes are similar to states for purposes of sovereignty and jurisdiction
  • tribal courts should abstain from taking jurisdiction over a custody dispute while another state court has jurisdiction

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Judges: Chapman, Butzner, Motz

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