{"id":1633,"date":"2026-05-26T14:07:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qlogicllc.com\/poncatribe\/?page_id=1215"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:21:15","slug":"court-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qlogicllc.com\/poncatribe\/court-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<section style=\"--hero-bg:#0D0F0E;--hero-bg-solid:#0D0F0E;--hero-min-h:580px;--hero-pad-top:272px;--hero-pad-bottom:120px;--hero-pad-x:48px;--hero-max:1600px;--hero-gap:20px;--hero-justify:flex-end;--hero-align:center;--hero-align-items:center;--hero-text-align:center;--hero-eye-gap:14px;--hero-eye-to-title:40px;--hero-title-gap:0.4em;--hero-desc-top:24px;--hero-desc-max:720px;--hero-desc-link:#DEB209;--hero-btns-gap:16px;--hero-btns-top:40px;--hero-bg-size:cover;--hero-bg-pos:center center\" class=\"ponca-hero sec_padding alignfull wp-block-ponca-page-hero\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container 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see <a href=\"https:\/\/qlogicllc.com\/poncatribe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FILINGFEES_PONCATRIBALTRIALCOURT_2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Filing Fees<\/a>.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"ponca-ps__card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ponca-ps__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ponca-ps__pill-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ponca-ps__pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ponca-ps__pill-word\">Step<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ponca-ps__pill-number\">02<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ponca-ps__text-group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ponca-ps__title\">Notification<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ponca-ps__desc\">After a case is filed, the Court notifies and serves all appropriate parties. A pretrial conference is scheduled in front of the Judge. The conference may be held by <a href=\"https:\/\/qlogicllc.com\/poncatribe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Telephonic_Hearing_rules_COVID_200313.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">phone or videoconference.<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"ponca-ps__card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ponca-ps__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ponca-ps__pill-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ponca-ps__pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ponca-ps__pill-word\">Step<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ponca-ps__pill-number\">03<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ponca-ps__text-group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ponca-ps__title\">Trial<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ponca-ps__desc\">A trial is held before the Judge and the Court renders a decision on the case presented. The Ponca Tribal Court does not provide legal representation to those involved in the court process. Those involved are allowed to represent themselves or use their own legal counsel.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"ponca-ps__card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ponca-ps__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ponca-ps__pill-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ponca-ps__pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ponca-ps__pill-word\">Step<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ponca-ps__pill-number\">04<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ponca-ps__text-group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ponca-ps__title\">Appeals<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ponca-ps__desc\">If the parties involved do not agree with the decision of the Court, they have the option to appeal the case to the <a href=\"https:\/\/qlogicllc.com\/poncatribe\/appellate-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ponca Appellate Court<\/a>. 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