IN RE CUSTODY OF SENGSTOCK

No. 90-1967.

165 Wis.2d 86 (1991)

477 N.W.2d 310

IN RE the CUSTODY OF Christina Natalie SENGSTOCK, and Roland Richard Sengstock, Jr.: Roland SENGSTOCK, Sr., Appellant, v. SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs and oral argument by W.M. McMonigal of Berlin.

On behalf of the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief and oral arguments by Steve M. Titla of Globe, Arizona and Dawn M. Sabel of Fond du Lac.

Before Nettesheim, P.J., Brown and Anderson, JJ.


ANDERSON, J.

Roland Sengstock, Sr. (Roland) appeals from the order of the circuit court declining to exercise its jurisdiction over a child custody dispute between Roland and his estranged wife who is an enrolled member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe. On appeal Roland argues that the circuit court erred in allowing the San Carlos Apache Tribe to intervene and in refusing to exercise its jurisdiction because of pending proceedings in the tribal court. We affirm the...

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