STATE EX REL. LECOMPTE v. KECKLER

No. 21634.

628 N.W.2d 749 (2001)

2001 SD 68

STATE of South Dakota, ex rel Cheryl L. LeCOMPTE, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Kenton D. KECKLER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, David L. Braun, Special Assistant Attorney General, Child Support Enforcement, Pierre, SD, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee.

Joann M. Muir, Hot Springs, SD, Attorney for defendant and appellant.


KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] We must decide if the circuit court properly exercised jurisdiction in this child support recovery action brought by the Office of Child Support Enforcement. Both the parents and the child are tribal members, and the tribal court had previously entered an order regarding custody and visitation. Accordingly, the tribal court had jurisdiction of the parties in its original action, but it entered...

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