Martin v. Denver Juvenile Court

This is an original proceeding seeking to prohibit the Denver Juvenile Court from proceeding in a paternity action on the ground that the court lacks jurisdiction over the person of petitioner Martin. He is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Indian Tribe and through counsel filed a motion to quash the summons served on him by a South Dakota deputy sheriff on a closed portion of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation where petitioner resides. In denying petitioners motion, the juvenile court ruled that because conception was alleged to have occurred off the reservation, petitioner was amenable to service of process by the deputy. We disagree.