Tribal Court
At a Glance - Booklet Series (Click here)
Family Wellness Court
Tribal Court Rules of Conduct and Responsibilities for In-Person Court Hearings
Tribal Court Conduct on Phone and Video Hearings
Register Your Tribal Child Custody Order with the State
What is a Civil Harassment Restraining Order?
What is Tribal Probation?
What is Conservatorship?
What is a Domestic Partnership?
Domestic Violence Protection Order
How to Become a Member of the Tribal Court Bar
Documents and Forms (Click here)
Administrative Orders
- AO-2020-01 Temporary Modifications to Tribal Court Operations During the Months of May and June 2020 in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
- AO-2020-02 Appearing in Tribal Court and Contempt in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
- AO-2020-03 Indefinite Extension of Tribal Court Administrative Orders in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
- AO-2020-04 Processing Citation Defaults Without A Hearing
- AO-2021-01 Limited Modifications to Tribal Court Operations in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
- AO-2023-01 Administrative Order Restricted Recordings
Administrative Appeals
Civil Requests
Domestic Violence Protection
- DV-101 Petition for Temporary or Permanent Protection Order
- DV-101a Instruction Sheet re (How to fill out Petition for Protection Order)
- DV-101e Property Control (Attachment to Petition for Temporary or Permanent Protection Order)
- DV-101Ea Instruction Sheet re (How to fill out Property Control Attachment to Petition for Protection Order)
- DV-101f Divided Assets (Attachment to Petition for Temporary or Permanent Protection Order)
- DV-101Fa Instruction Sheet re (Dividing Assets Attachment to Petition for Protection Order)
- DV-104-Request for Closed Hearing
- DV-104a Instruction Sheet re (How to fill out Request for Closed Hearing)
- DV-108-Request for Continuance
- DV-108a Instruction Sheet re (How to fill out Request for Continuance)
- DV-201 Response to Petition for Temporary or Permanent Protection Order
- DV-201a Instruction Sheet re (How to fill out Response to Petition for Protection Order)
Domestic Partnerships
- FL-101 Declaration of Domestic Partnership
- FL-102 Master Settlement Agreement for Domestic Partnerships
- FL-102a Information Sheet How To Fill Out Master Settlement Agreement
- FL-103 Notice of Termination of Domestic Partnership
- FL-103a Information Sheet How To Fill Out Notice Of Termination Of Domestic Partnership
- FL-105 Response to Notice of Termination of Domestic Partnership
Guardianships
- FL-400 Petition For Guardianship
- FL-401 Petition for Modification or Termination of Guardianship
- FL-401a Instructions to Petition for Modification or Termination of Guardianship
- FL-402 Guardianship Pamphlet
- FL-403 Attachment To Guardianship Petition Re Guardian Information
- FL-403a Instructions To Attachment To Guardianship Petition
- FL-404 Additional Child Guardianship Petition
Conservatorships
- FL-502 Conservatorship Pamphlet With Summary
- FL-505 Petition For Conservatorship
- FL-505a How to Fill Out Petition For Conservatorship
- FL-510 Additional Conservators Attachment
- FL-524a Information Sheet re Conservatorship Accounting & Reports
- FL-525 Conservators Report & Accounting
- FL-525a Information Sheet re How to Fill Out Conservators Report & Accounting
- FL-526 Attachment To Conservators Report And Accounting
- FL-530 Petition to Relinquish Conservatorship
- FL-560 Request for Hearing
- FL-580a Information Sheet RE: Duties of a Conservator
General Use (may be used for various types of cases)
- GEN-100 Change of Address
- GEN-102 Cover Sheet
- GEN-103-Cover Sheet for Large or Video Files
- GEN-104 Email Consent
- GEN-105 Request for Records
- GEN-108 Proof of Service
- GEN-108a Instructions for Proof of Service form
- GEN-110 General Motion
- GEN-111 Response to Motion
- GEN-112 Request For Witness Appearance
- GEN-120 Response To Petition
- GEN-140 Withdrawal Petition
- GEN-200 Declaration Form
- GEN-200a Instructions To Declaration Form
- GEN-203 Exhibit List
- GEN-206 Request For Continuance
- GEN-800 Basic Terms for Self Help Litigants.pdf
Civil Restraining Orders
- RO-100 Civil Harassment Petition
- RO-100a Instructions to Civil Harassment Petition
- RO-120a Instructions to Response to Civil Harassment Petition
- RO-120 Response to Civil Harassment Petition
- RO-175 Contact Info Confidential
Tribal Bar
Tribal Court
Office: (530) 698-1446 and (530) 698-1447
Chief Judge
Office: (530) 698-1446
Sonia Montero
Tribal Court Director
Office: (530) 698-1449
Chatira Gallegos
Clerk of the Court
Office: (530) 698-1446
Cell: (530) 391-8522
Jeff Burnside
Clerk of the Court
Office: (530) 698-1446
The Shingle Springs Tribal Court provides a culturally- sensitive, independent judicial forum.
Indian tribes retain inherent sovereign powers over their members and territory. In 2009, the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians established a Tribal Court to uphold the Tribe’s codes and ordinances and enforce state court orders. California is a Public Law 280 state, where tribes retain civil and some criminal jurisdiction. While the Tribal Court cannot give legal advice, we can assist with a wide variety of issues.
The Shingle Springs Tribal Court hears civil matters that can include:
- Casino Patron Disputes
- Casino Tort Cases
- Civil Harassment
- Appeals to the governance code
- Guardianships
- Legal competency
- Repossessions
- Wage garnishments
Attorneys and Lay Advocates
Chief Judge Victorio L. Shaw presides over the Shingle Springs Tribal Court. All attorneys and lay advocates must be admitted to the Shingle Springs Tribal Court Bar before appearing in any tribal court or administrative forum.
Family Wellness Court Documents and Forms
The Family Wellness Court hears cases involving Tribal youth and adults.
Two judges, one from the Shingle Springs Tribal Court and one from the Superior Court El Dorado County, hear cases together. This court offers one unified proceeding designed to better address the wellness of the family.
Hon. Victorio L. Shaw, Chief Judge of the Shingle Springs Tribal Court, and Hon. Vicki Ashworth, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court El Dorado County, oversee the tribal-state joint jurisdiction court.
The Family Wellness Court was established in 2015 largely through the dedicated work of former Chief Judge Christine Williams and retired Presiding Judge of the Superior Court El Dorado County Suzanne N. Kingsbury. This court, the first of its kind in California and the second in the nation, continues to serve as a model for other tribal and state courts.
Yolanda Tayaba
Probation Officer
Office (530) 698-1430
Mobile (530) 409-1313
The Tribal Youth Probation Program – Fostering Tomorrow’s Leaders
The Tribal Youth Probation Program’s youth probation officer/case manager provides rehabilitative measures that incorporate the cultural practices of our community to our at-risk and justice-system involved youth. The Tribal Youth Probation Program provides rehabilitative-focused supervision. Our goal is to provide every tribal youth the opportunity to become the leaders of tomorrow.
The purpose of the Wadaapé Project is to recognize that physical, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse, as well as stalking and dating violence, are serious offenses against the Tribe. This program provides survivors of domestic violence a means of protection from abuse. The strength of the Tribe is founded on healthy families. Resources including counseling, education, law enforcement, prosecution, and other appropriate services, shall be given to families who experience abuse. Violent behavior will not be excused or tolerated. The goal of the Wadaapé Project is to create a violence-free society.
The Wadaapé Project includes the following services
- Educational and Prevention Classes to Help Teens Identify Stalking and Dating Violence
- 24/7 Domestic Violence Response Team
- How to Identify Elder Abuse
- Men’s Talking Circle- Retracing our Roots of Fatherhood
- Advocacy For Victims of Domestic Violence
- Assistance with Identifying, Completing, and Filing Protection Orders
Documents and Forms
- DV-101 Petition for Temporary or Permanent Protection Order
- DV-101a Instruction Sheet re (How to fill out Petition for Protection Order)
- DV-101e Property Control (Attachment to Petition for Temporary or Permanent Protection Order)
- DV-101Ea Instruction Sheet re (How to fill out Property Control Attachment to Petition for Protection Order)
- DV-101f Divided Assets (Attachment to Petition for Temporary or Permanent Protection Order)
- DV-101Fa Instruction Sheet re (Dividing Assets Attachment to Petition for Protection Order)
- DV-104-Request for Closed Hearing
- DV-104a Instruction Sheet re (How to fill out Request for Closed Hearing)
- DV-108-Request for Continuance
- DV-108a Instruction Sheet re (How to fill out Request for Continuance)
- DV-201 Response to Petition for Temporary or Permanent Protection Order
- DV-201a Instruction Sheet re (How to fill out Response to Petition for Protection Order)
Joshua Harwell
Wadaapé Project Coordinator
Office (530) 698-1451
jharwell@ssband.org