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Alaska’s First Joint State-Tribal Wellness Court Officially Established

Alaska’s First Joint State-Tribal Wellness Court Officially Established The Kenaitze Indian Tribe has officially entered a historic government-to-government partnership with the Alaska Court System, signing an agreement to create a joint-jurisdiction state-tribal therapeutic court that will serve people across the central Kenai Peninsula later this year. Representatives of the tribe, state court and the Office of the Attorney General signed the agreement Thursday afternoon in Courtroom 203 of the Rabinowitz Courthouse in downtown Fairbanks. The… Read More »Alaska’s First Joint State-Tribal Wellness Court Officially Established

New joint tribal-state court established

New joint tribal-state court established   For the first time in Alaska, there will be a joint tribal-state court. A Kenaitze tribal judge will sit side-by-side with a state judge and have equal say in decisions. It will be a wellness court that hears criminal cases involving substance abuse, and will start taking up to 20 participants in March. Currently, tribal courts only have jurisdiction over civil matters, like adoptions, divorces, domestic violence petitions, and… Read More »New joint tribal-state court established