Tribe: Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
§23‐1‐7 Protective Orders or Consent Agreements. (1) The Choctaw Tribal Court shall be empowered to grant any protective order or
approve any consent agreement to bring about a cessation of abuse of the
petitioner, any minor children or any person alleged to be incompetent, which
relief may include: (a) directing the defendant to refrain from abusing the petitioner, any minor
children or any person alleged to be incompetent; (b) granting possession to the petitioner of the residence or household to the
exclusion of the defendant by evicting the defendant and/or restoring
possession to the petitioner; (c) when the defendant has a duty to support the petitioner, any minor
children or any person alleged to be incompetent living in the residence
or household and the defendant is the sole owner or lessee, granting
possession to the petitioner of the residence or household to the
exclusion of the defendant by evicting the defendant and/or restoring
possession to the petitioner, or by consent agreement allowing the
defendant to provide suitable, alternate housing; (d) awarding temporary custody of and/or establishing temporary visitation
rights with regard to any minor children or any person alleged to be
incompetent; (e) if the defendant is legally obligated to support the petitioner, any minor
children or any person alleged to be incompetent; (f) ordering the defendant to pay to the abused person monetary
compensation for losses suffered as a direct result of the abuse, including
but not limited to medical expenses resulting from such abuse, loss of
earnings or support, out-of-pocket losses for injuries sustained, moving
expenses, reasonable attorneys’ fees and/or ordering counseling or
professional medical treatment for the defendant and/or the abused
person; and (g) prohibiting the transferring, encumbering or otherwise disposing of
property mutually owned or leased by the parties, except when in the
ordinary course of business. (2) In addition to relief accorded in subsection (1) and in accordance with Title
XVIII of this Code, the Chief or Attorney General may petition to have any
person, except an enrolled member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
entitled to reside thereon, excluded from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians’ Indian Country, as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 1151.