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HARRIS v. YOUNG

No. 17237.

473 N.W.2d 141 (1991)

John C. HARRIS, Appellee, v. Charlene K. YOUNG, formerly Charlene K. Harris, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided July 3, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis W. Hanks, Lemmon, for appellee.

Eric J. Antoine, Dakota Plains Legal Services, Mission, for appellant.

SABERS, Justice.

Indian mother living on reservation with her three children challenges the subject matter jurisdiction of state circuit court to modify the child custody provisions of a Wyoming divorce decree.

Facts

Young (mother) and Harris (father) were divorced by a Wyoming state court in 1981. Mother is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (tribe). Father is not an enrolled member of tribe and is apparently non-Indian...

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