37.05.010 Jurisdiction for Civil Protection Orders

(a) The Turtle Mountain Tribal Court shall have jurisdiction:

(1) When the petitioner or respondent is domiciled or found on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation;

(2) When any act of domestic violence occurs within the exterior boundaries of the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation;

(3) When the Court is being asked to recognize and enforce a valid Protection Order of another court of competent jurisdiction; and

(4) Over any petition for Protection Orders under this Domestic Violence Code.

(b) The Court shall construe this section liberally to exercise maximum jurisdiction.