South Dakota Supreme Court· 2/14/1990

Wells v. Wells

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451 N.W.2d 402
1990 S.D. LEXIS 14
1990 WL 12231

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recognizing the effect of a change of domicile on the jurisdiction of a domestic relations case involving enrolled tribal members
observing that state courts lack subject matter jurisdiction to decide Indian domestic relations matters where all the Indian parties were domiciled on a reservation
applying Williams test to uphold state court jurisdiction over wife’s divorce action against husband where both parties were tribal members but wife resided outside reservation
notice by mail insufficient where tribal code required personal service

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Judges: Sabers, Wuest, Morgan, Miller, Henderson

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