A. 
It shall be the practice of the Tribes to request transfer of a Menominee child who is the subject of a State dependency proceeding to the Menominee Tribal Court, pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), except when good cause exists to the contrary.
B. 
The Court may, upon petition, accepts a case that was originally brought in another Court. Cases not accepted by the Court within 30 days of the petition being filed shall be deemed a declination of the petition. If the Court accepts jurisdiction of the matter, the Court shall notify all parties and the other Court. Dispositional orders issued by the other Court prior to this Court accepting jurisdiction shall remain in effect until this Court reviews the matter.
A. 
The Tribe on its own or at the request of either parent of a child who is subject to the jurisdiction of the Menominee Tribal Court may file a petition with the Court to accept transfer of a case from another Court. The Menominee Tribal Court may accept or decline transfer by ex parte order.
B. 
Cases transferred to Menominee Tribal Court shall be accepted in the status received; legal and factual determinations made by a Court prior to transfer of a case to the Menominee Tribal Court shall not be judicially reviewed or predetermined unless the determinations made are in violation of Tribal law and/or policy.
C. 
If the Court declines to accept a case, legal and factual determinations for the declination shall be provided by the Court in writing to all parties in the case where transfer was requested.
A. 
Unless otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, the Court may transfer jurisdiction over a child to another Court of competent jurisdiction upon motion.
(1) 
A party opposing transfer may object in writing to such order, requesting the transfer order be stayed, and, within 14 days of the Court Clerk's receipt of such written objection, the Court shall conduct a hearing to determine whether such transfer should take place.
(2) 
The transfer shall be subject to declination by the other Court of competent jurisdiction. The other Court shall have 30 days to affirmatively respond to a motion or order transferring jurisdiction. A failure to respond within the thirty-day period shall be construed as a declination to accept transfer of the case.
(3) 
The Menominee Tribal Court shall continue to exercise jurisdiction over a child during the pendency of any transfer under this chapter.
B. 
There is a presumption that transfer to, or retention of, jurisdiction by the Menominee Tribal Court is in the best interest of a child absent other evidence.