Proof of paternity may be necessary to determine eligibility for enrollment. The Enrollment Committee will generally accept any one of the following as proof of paternity.
(1)
The child’s birth certificate with the father’s name indicated and signed by the father.
(2)
An order establishing paternity entered by the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribal Court or an order establishing paternity, entered by another court, that has been formally recognized by the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribal Court. The Court shall not recognize another court's paternity order unless the other court had jurisdiction over the parties, provided the parties with due process of law, and the order does not violate the public policy of the Port Gamble S'Klallam Indian Tribe. Default paternity orders shall not be recognized.
(3)
An affidavit of paternity signed before the Enrollment Clerk by the mother and father (the parents do not have to be present at the same time.) The Enrollment Committee may require proof of paternity under subsections (1) or (2) above, if the information in the paternity affidavit appears to the Committee be irregular or unreliable.
(4)
A DNA test.
(Res. 07-A-112 10/09/2007; Res. 19-A-058, 6/24/2019, amended this section to allow a DNA test to be used as an acceptable form of proof of paternity.)