JACKSON COUNTY v. SMOKER

No. 9330DC289.

445 S.E.2d 408 (1994)

115 N.C. App. 400

JACKSON COUNTY, By and Through The CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, ex rel. Doris SMOKER, Plaintiff, v. Owen SMOKER, Jr., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Michael F. Easley by Asst. Atty. Gen. T. Byron Smith and Associate Atty. Gen. Sybil Mann, Raleigh, for the State.

Gary E. Kirby, Sylva, for defendant.

Haire, Bridgers & Spiro, P.A. by Ben Oshel Bridgers, Sylva, for Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, amicus curiae.


LEWIS, Judge.

As in the companion case of State ex rel. West v. West, 115 N.C. App. 496, 445 S.E.2d 416 (N.C.App.1994), this case involves the issue of concurrent jurisdiction between the Court of Indian Offenses of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (hereinafter "the tribal court") and the North Carolina state courts. Owen Smoker and Doris Smoker, estranged husband and wife, as well...

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