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FORT PECK COURT OF APPEALS
ASSINIBOINE AND SIOUX TRIBES
FORT PECK INDIAN RESERVATION
POPLAR, MONTANA
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IN THE MATTER OF: Greg Gourneau Sr.,Plaintiff/Appellant vs Alice Long Hair, |
Appeal No. 439 |
This is a petition for review of a July 5, 2005 Order dismissing a complaint for declaratory judgment. We deny review on appeal in accordance with the following.
Appearances:
Janet P. Christoffersen Esq., Christoffersen Law Office, 302 W. Main St., Sidney, MT 59270, Counsel for Alice Long Hair.
Jay Porteen, Esq. 429 2 nd Ave. S., Wolf Point, MT. 59201, Counsel for Defendant Greg Gourneau, Sr.
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OPINION & ORDER
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Several years following entry of a decree of divorce in the above matter, Appellant Greg Gourneau filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment seeking modification of the property provisions of the divorce decree. Appellee Alice Long Hair moved to dismiss the Complaint on the basis that is time barred. Tribal Trial Judge, Richard Jackson granted the Motion and dismissed the Complaint. The Petition for Review is denied. The trial Court gave careful consideration to the matter and we find no reasonable basis for review.
IT IS NOW, THEREFORE, THE ORDER OF THIS COURT THAT:
The petition for review of appeal is denied.
DATED this _____ day of November, 2006.BY THE FORT PECK COURT OF APPEALS:
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Brenda Desmond,
Chief Justice
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Gerard Schuster, Associate Justice
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Joseph Raffiani, Associate Justice