Statutes | Fond Du Lac Band, Ord. # 04/07 Chapter 2 ยง 201 | 2019
a. "Band" means the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
b. "Enforcing Court" means a tribal or state court that recognizes and enforces an ex parte or permanent order of protection against a person issued by another tribal or state court.
c. "Ex Parte Protection Order" means a temporary order issued by a tribal or state court which restrains any person, Indian or non-Indian, from harassing, annoying, stalking, contacting, or coming within a certain proximity to another person issued by a court with jurisdiction over the person restrained and subject matter jurisdiction. The order shall also provide for an opportunity for a restrained person to be heard before the issuance of a permanent order of protection.
d. "Fond du Lac Reservation" means all lands set aside under treaty or statute as the lanes of the Fond du Lac Band.
e. "Full Faith and Credit" means the act of enforcing an ex parte or permanent order of protection from another tribal or state court as if it were the order of the Tribal Court of the Fond du Lac Band. In enforcing said order of protection, the Fond du Lac Band shall utilize any applicable laws of the Band, and any delegated authority under federal or state law, including mandatory arrest for violations of protection orders. Registration of a protection order with the Tribal Court is not a prerequisite to enforcement under this Ordinance.
f. "Issuing Court" means a tribal or state court that issues an ex parte or permanent order of protection against a person.
g. "Mutual Protection Order" means an order issued by a tribal or state court which restrains both parties to a proceeding from harassing, annoying, stalking, contacting or coming within a certain proximity to another person(s). In order to be enforced by the Fond du Lac Band, a mutual protection order must be the result of both parties to a proceeding filing separate protection order petitions and the issuing Court finding that each of the persons to a mutual protection order have committed an act of domestic violence under the laws of the issuing jurisdiction.
h. "Permanent Order of Protection" means an order issued by a tribal or state court which restrains any person, Indian or non-Indian, either permanently or for a specified period of time, from harassing, annoying, stalking, contacting, or coming within a certain proximity to another person issued by a court with jurisdiction over the person restrained and subject matter jurisdiction. The order may be the result of a civil protection order proceeding or the result of an order arising from a criminal prosecution against a person.
i. "Registration" means the act of filing a protection order issued by another tribal or state court with the Fond du Lac Band through its Police Department.
j. "Reservation Business Committee" shall mean the elected governing body of the Fond du Lac Band.