9.04.210 Governing Law

(a) Full faith and credit. Full faith and credit shall be given to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of an American Indian Tribe or state jurisdiction of the United States. The Courts and agencies of this Tribe shall extend recognition, in accordance with applicable principles of comity, to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of a jurisdiction outside the United States whenever the interest of the child or the adopted person will be served thereby.

(b) Law governing American Indian children. The validly enacted laws of the United States relating to termination of parental rights and adoption of American Indian children shall be given effect in any case to where they apply.