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A child custody determination issued by a court of another state or tribe may be registered with the Tribal Court, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to the Clerk of the Tribal Court:

(a) A letter or other documentation requesting registration and the appropriate filing fee;

(b) A certified copy of the determination sought to be registered and statement that, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person seeking registration, the determination has not been vacated, stayed or modified;

(c) A statement that, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person seeking registration, the issuing court had personal jurisdiction over the parties and/or the child and had subject-matter jurisdiction over the cause of action;

(d) A statement that, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person seeking registration, the custody order was rendered under a system that provides impartial tribunals and procedures compatible with the requirements of due process of law;

(e) A statement that, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person seeking registration, the issuing jurisdiction would give reciprocity to a Yurok Tribe order; and

(f) The name and address of the person seeking registration and any parent or person acting as parent who has been awarded custody or visitation in the child custody determination sought to be registered. [Ord. 50 § 8.3(2)(A), adopted, 3/23/2017.]