Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin - Tribal Law

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Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Code.

Section DMR.01.13 — Solemnization Of Marriage Contract

(a) Officiate at Marriages. A marriage shall be validly solemnized and contracted after the issuance of license and by the mutual declarations of the two parties involved that they agree to enter into marriage before a duly authorized officiate and in the presence of at least two competent adult witnesses. The following persons are duly authorized to be officiates:

(1) Any ordained clergyman of any religious denomination or society;

(2) Any spiritual leader recognized as such by the Community;

(3) Any tribal judge or judge of court of record;

(4) Any family court commissioner or court commissioner appointed under Wisconsin law.

Original url: https://law.mohican.com/us/nsn/mohican/council/code/DMR.01.13

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