§ 19. Registration and Enforcement of Foreign Orders for Protection; Duties of the Clerk of Courts.

Statutes | 4 HCC § 5 Chapter III § 19 | 2020

a. A certified copy of an order for protection issued in another tribal or state court may be filed in the office of the Ho-Chunk Nation Clerk of Court. The Trial Court will afford full faith and credit to the order of protection if the order is consistent with 18 U.S.C. § 2265(b).

 

b. An order for protection filed in accordance with paragraph a, above, has the same effect and must be enforced in the same manner as an order for protection issued by the Trial Court.

 

c. The Clerk of Court must:

    (1) Maintain a registry in which to enter certified orders for protection issued by other tribal or state courts that are received for filing, into a Registry

    (2) At the request of another tribal or state court or at the request of a person who is affected by or has a legitimate interest in an order for protection, certify and forward a copy of the order to that court or person at no cost to the requesting party.