Enhancing Responses: Child Custody and Domestic Violence Considerations for Tribal Courts

This resource guide offers recommendations and considerations for developing code language, court practices and procedures, and system reforms to enhance responses to child custody/parenting time cases involving domestic abuse. Each Tribal nation is the best judge of the responses and legal code most appropriate and meaningful for its community. As each community has unique cultural customs and practices, this tool provides broad guidance to be tailored by each community.