13.40.030 Continuing jurisdiction.
(a) A state or tribe has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over an order issued by a court of that state or tribe if the state or tribe is the child’s residence or the residence of any individual contestant unless the court of another state or tribe, acting in accordance with YTC 13.40.040, has modified the order.
(b) If one or more child support orders have been issued with regard to an obligor and a child, the Tribal Court shall apply the following rules in determining which order to recognize for purposes of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction and enforcement:
(1) If only one court has issued a child support order, the order of that court must be recognized.
(2) If two or more courts have issued child support orders for the same obligor and child, and only one of the courts would have continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under this chapter, the order of that court must be recognized.
(3) If two or more courts have issued child support orders for the same obligor and child, and more than one of the courts would have continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under this chapter, an order issued by a court in the current home state or tribe of the child must be recognized, but if an order has not been issued in the current home state of the child, the order most recently issued must be recognized.
(4) If two or more courts have issued child support orders for the same obligor and child, and none of the courts would have continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under this chapter, the Tribal Court, if it has jurisdiction over the parties, shall issue a child support order. [Ord. 50 § 8.2(1)(B), adopted, 3/23/2017.]