WELLS v. WELLS

No. 23336.

698 N.W.2d 504 (2005)

2005 SD 67

Dolly Mae WELLS, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. William W. WELLS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided June 1, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, H. Richard Churchwell, Special Assistant Attorney General, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee.

Terry L. Pechota, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorney for defendant and appellant.


KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] In this appeal, an Indian tribal member residing on a reservation seeks relief from a 1991 state court judgment awarding child support. He contends that the judgment is void for lack of personal and subject matter jurisdiction. The circuit court refused to vacate the judgment. Because the father fully litigated the question of jurisdiction before the judgment was entered and then abandoned his appeal, we affirm the circuit court's ruling...

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