Cite as: 22 CNCA § 70.1

There is hereby created within the Cherokee Nation District Court a Special Domestic Violence Court for the prosecution of defendants, non–Indian and Indian, accused of crimes of domestic violence, dating violation and/or violation of a protection order within the jurisdiction boundaries of the Cherokee Nation. This Court shall be subject to all criminal procedures of the Cherokee Nation to the extent they do not conflict with the provisions contained within this chapter. All proceedings under this chapter shall be recorded.