Statutes | Lummi Nation Code of Laws Title 5A Chapter 5A.07 ยง 5A.07.020 | 2018
(a) For the purposes of this chapter, a "foreign order" is an order issued by another jurisdiction.
(b) A foreign order of protection that appears authentic on its face is presumed to be valid.
(c) Any order of protection, except as noted in (b) below, issued by a Court of any Indian tribe, a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a commonwealth, territory or possession of the United States, shall be accorded full faith and credit by the Court of the Lummi Nation, and shall be enforced as if it were an order of the Court, if:
(1) the issuing Court had jurisdiction over the parties and the matter at the time the order was issued and
(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 person's 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.
(d) A foreign order of protection entered against both a plaintiff and a Respondent shall not be enforceable against the plaintiff unless:
(1) The defendant filed a cross or counter petition, complaint or other written pleading seeking such a protection order and
(2) the issuing Court made specific findings of domestic violence or a crime involving domestic violence by both the plaintiff and defendant and determined that each party was entitled to such an order.