Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Prot. from Viol. and Dom. Viol. Code Title 3A Chapter 3A.07 ยง 3A.07.020 | 2019
(a) For purposes of this chapter, an order of protection means any injunction or other order issued for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against, or contact or communication with or physical proximity to, another person, including temporary and final orders issued by civil and criminal courts (other than support or child custody orders), however obtained, so long as any civil order was issued in response to a complaint, petition or motion filed by or on behalf of a person seeking protection.
(b) Any order of protection, except as noted in (c) below, issued by a court of any Indian tribe or State of the United States, the District of Columbia, a commonwealth, territory or possession of the United States, shall be accorded full faith and credit by the Tribal Court of the Lummi Nation, and shall be enforced as if it were an order of the Tribal Court, if both:
(1) The issuing court had jurisdiction over the parties and the matter at the time the order was issued.
(2) The issuing court gave reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard to the person the order is issued against, sufficient to protect that persons right to due process. In the case of ex parte orders, notice and opportunity to be heard were given within a reasonable time after the order is issued.
(c) A foreign order of protection entered against both a plaintiff and a respondent shall not be enforceable against the plaintiff unless both:
(1) The defendant filed a cross or counter petition, complaint or other written pleading seeking such a protection order.
(2) The issuing court made specific findings of domestic violence or a crime involving domestic violence against both the plaintiff and defendant and determined that each party was entitled to such an order.