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Below are the head notes for the final FAB decisions relating to the topic heading, Other Law, Reference to. The head notes are grouped under the following subheadings: Native American law, and State law. In order to view a particular decision in its entirety, click on the hyperlink for that decision at the end of the head note.
Native American Law
- “Indian Law” refers primarily to that body of law dealing with the status of the Indian tribes and their special relationship to the federal government. EEOICPA Fin. Dec. No. 9855-2002 (Dep’t of Labor, August 26, 2002).
- An adopted Navajo child may claim EEOICPA benefits only as a survivor of her adoptive father and not her natural father because under the Navajo Nation Code the natural parents of an adoptive child are “relieved of all parental responsibilities for such child or to his property by descent or distribution or otherwise.” EEOICPA Fin. Dec. No. 32576-2004 (Dep’t of Labor, November 19, 2004).
- Probative value of official documents issued by the Vital Records and Tribal Enrollment Program of the Navajo Nation documenting employee’s divorce far outweighed conflicting factual statements from putative surviving spouse and information on death certificate provided by one of her children who was merely repeating second-hand information. EEOICPA Fin. Dec. No. 63743-2006 (Dep’t of Labor, November 21, 2006)
State Law
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