On July 28, 2026, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Supreme Court affirmed a Tribal Court custody order involving two enrolled Cherokee children and their Norwegian father, following a Norwegian Hague Convention proceeding in which the Gulating Court of Appeal concluded that Norwegian courts lacked jurisdiction and that the underlying parental dispute belonged in an “amerikansk domstol,” an American court.
The Eastern Band Supreme Court opinion also states that the Norwegian appellate court ruling specifically referenced the pending custody action in the Tribal Court before reaching its jurisdictional conclusion. The father sought further review in Norway’s Supreme Court, but the appeal was rejected in HR-2024-340-U.
The opinion in Lambert v. Gjesdal is here.
The Cherokee Justice Center of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Photo from Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Justice Center | Flintco
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