Taking a very practical approach to an appealed UCCJEA case involving Indian tribal courts in Minnesota, the Court of Appeals declines to review the validity of the Norfolk Circuit Court’s discretionary decision to decline and defer exercise of child custody jurisdiction over a child then in Minnesota, because whether or not this Virginia court had jurisdiction, its decision to defer the case to the Minnesota Tribal Court was authorized and correct.
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