Case ID: navajo-rptr_4/html/0074-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. A-CV-27-80
    COURT OF APPEALS OF THE NAVAJO NATION
    September 27, 1983
    Julia K. BEN, Appellant, vs. Lorenzo BEN, Appellee.
    William P. Battles, Esq., Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation (Arizona) for Appellant.
   The matter on file in this case appears to be an original action on a foreign decree (Navajo County Superior Court, Arizona) with respect to child support and the disposal of community property.

While the Courts of the Navajo Nation do recognize foreign judgments and will enforce them under principles of comity, this is not the Navajo Court for an action on a foreign judgment. The general jurisdiction of this Court, other than specific grants of jurisdiction for special actions, encompasses only appeals from the final judgments and orders of the District Courts of the Navajo Nation. 7 NTC Sec. 302.

Therefore this action is dismissed on the motion of the court for a lack of jurisdiction.