Tribal Law - Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund

Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin - Tribal Law

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Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Code.

Section DMR.01.09 — Who May Not Contract; Invalid Or Prohibited Marriages

(a) No marriage shall be contracted while either of the parties is lawfully married to another person.

(b) Persons closer in relationship than second cousins may not marry except that first cousins may marry if the female has attained the age of fifty-five (55) years or where either party at the time of application for marriage license submits an affidavit signed by a physician stating that either party is permanently sterile.

(c) A marriage may not be contracted if either party is not capable of understanding what it means to agree to become married.

(d) No person who is or has been a party to an action for divorce in any court may marry again until six (6) months after judgment of divorce is granted, and the marriage of any such person solemnized before the expiration of six (6) months from the date of the granting of judgment of divorce shall be void.