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A LEGISLATIVE ACT AMENDING TITLE 11, “CITIZENSHIP”, OF THE CHEROKEE NATION CODE ANNOTATED;
RELATING TO CHEROKEE NATION CITIZENSHIP
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Title and Codification
This act shall be known as the 2007 Technical Amendments to Title 11 Citizenship and codified as Title 11 Sections 1 et seq. of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to modify Title 11 of the Cherokee Nation Code in conformance with Article III of the 1975 Constitution of the Cherokee Nation, and the Judicial Appeals Tribunal Ruling in JAT-04-09, Lucy Allen v. Cherokee Nation Tribal Council, et al. and Article IV of the 1999 Constitution.
Section 3 (Code Section 3) . Legislative History
§ 3. Legislative history
The 1975 Cherokee Nation Constitution provides for the citizenship requirements under Article III; the 1999 Cherokee Nation Constitution provides for the citizenship requirements under Article IV. This code will supersede the guidelines approved by Council Resolution # 21-88 adopted March 12, 1988. Title 11 has also been amended as follows: LA 6-92 having been enacted on the 12th day of September 1992 and approved by the Principal Chief on the 12th day of September 1992; LA 2-93 having been enacted on the 12th day of July 1993 and approved by the Principal Chief on the 12th day of July 1993; LA 16-02 having been enacted on the 21st day of May 2002 and approved by the Principal Chief on the 21st day of May 2002 and LA 20-05 having been enacted on the 16th day of May 2005 and approved by the Principal Chief on the 19th day of May 2005.
Section 4. (Code Section 4) Definitions
A. "Adopted Person" means a person whose biological parents' parental rights have been awarded to another or other persons pursuant to court order, judgment or decree, or an orphaned person who has been formally adopted by another person or other persons in accordance with the law.
B. “Adoptive Parent” means a pe...
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