Judicial Code
Title 3: Domestic Relations
Section
1............ Purpose.
Section
2............ Use of language from other laws.
Section 3............ Interim appointment of judges.
Section
1............ Jurisdiction.
Section
2............ Definition.
Section
3............ Who may marry.
a............
Age limits.
b............
Blood relationships.
c............
Same gender marriages prohibited.
d............
Competency of the persons marrying.
e............
Persons already married.
f............
Absent spouse provision.
Section
4............ Marriage requirements--generally.
a............
License requirement.
b............
Methods of contracting marriage.
Section
5............ Validity of marriages.
a............
Valid marriages.
b............
Voidable marriages.
c............
Void marriages.
Section
6............ Annulment.
a............
Grounds for Annulment.
b............
Action to Annul - Parties and Limitations.
c............
Application of Laws of Succession.
Section
1............ Definition.
Section
2............ Separate property.
Section
3............ Termination of marital property.
Section
1............ Residency requirement.
Section
2............ Definition.
Section
3............ Grounds for divorce.
Section
4............ Filing fee.
Section
5............ Division of property upon divorce.
a............
Marital property.
b............
Separate property.
c............
Untraceable property.
d............
Professional degrees.
e............
Per capita payments to tribal members.
f............
Pensions.
g............
Modification of Property Award.
Section
6............ Maintenance.
a............
When awarded.
b............
Modification of Maintenance Award.
c............
Termination of maintenance.
Section
7............ Child support.
a............
When awarded.
b............
Other factors to be considered.
c............
Debts owed to private creditors.
d............
When guidelines shall be exceeded or modified.
e............
Nature of guidelines.
f............
Modification of Child Support Award.
g............
Termination.
h............
Forms.
Section
8............ Enforcement of child support.
Section
9............ Medical Support.
a............
Obligor to Name Beneficiary.
CHAPTER
IV. CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION
UPON DIVORCE
Section
1............ Custody.
Section
2............ Visitation
Section
3............ Effect of certain convictions on custody and
visitation rights.
a............
Suspension of visitation rights; transfer of custody.
b............
Application.
Section
4............ Per capita payments to children.
Section
5............ Modification of custody orders.
Section
1............ Applicability of rules.
Section
2............ Commencement; continuance; time; parties.
a............
Commencement of proceedings.
b............
Continuances.
c............
Time.
d............
Designation of parties.
Section
3............ Motions; Ex parte relief; Orders to show cause;
Orders and decrees.
a............
Scheduling of motions.
(1)...........
Notice.
(2)...........
Notice of time to respond.
(1)...........
Specificity and supporting documents.
(2)...........
Application for temporary relief.
c............
Motion practice.
(1)...........
Requirements for motions.
(i)...........
Moving party, supporting documents, time limits.
(ii)...........
Motion raising new issues.
(iii)........... Responding party, supporting documents, time
limits.
(iv)...........
Computation of time for service and filing by mail.
(2)...........
Failure to comply.
(3)...........
Settlement efforts.
(4)...........
Motion with request for oral testimony.
d............
Ex parte relief.
(1)...........
Motion.
(2)...........
Order to show cause.
(3)...........
Filing.
(4)...........
Interim support order.
(5)...........
Orders to show cause shall be obtained in the same manner specified
for ex parte relief.
(6)...........
Orders and decrees requiring child support or maintenance.
Section
4............ Scheduling of Cases.
a............
Scope.
b............
The party's informational statement.
c. Scheduling order.
(1)...........
When issued.
(2)...........
Contents of order.
d............
Amendment.
Section
5............ Prehearing conferences.
a............
Prehearing statement.
b............
Prehearing conference attendance.
(1)...........
Parties and counsel.
(2)...........
Failure to appear--sanctions.
(3)...........
Failure to comply--sanctions.
c............
Prehearing conference order.
Section
6............ Default.
a............
Scheduling of final hearing.
(1)...........
Without stipulation--no appearance.
(2)...........
Without stipulation--appearance.
(3)...........
Default with stipulation.
b............
Preparation of decree.
Section
7............ Final hearings.
a............
Failure to appear--sanctions.
b............
Stipulations entered in open Tribal Court--preparation of findings.
Section
8............ Final decree.
a............
Notices; service.
(1)...........
Awards of child support and/or maintenance.
(2)...........
Public assistance.
(3)...........
Child support enforcement.
(4)...........
Supervised custody or visitation.
b............
Required notices.
c............
Sensitive matters.
Section
9............ Contempt.
a............
Initiation.
(1)...........
Moving papers--service; notice.
(2)...........
Affidavits.
b............
Hearing.
c............
Disposition.
Section
10............ Mediation.
a............
Order for mediation.
(1)...........
When issued.
(2)...........
Prerequisite of final hearing.
(1)...........
Appointment.
(2)...........
Qualification and training.
c............
Mediation attendance.
(1)...........
Mandatory orientation.
(2)...........
Mediation sessions.
d............
Scope of mediation.
e............
Confidentiality.
f............
Termination of mediation.
g............
Mediator's memorandum.
(1)...........
Submissions.
(2)...........
Copy to lawyer.
(3)...........
Agreement.
h............
Child custody investigation.
Section
11............ Appeals.
CHAPTER VI.
ANTENUPTIAL CONTRACTS
Section
1............ Scope of antenuptial contracts.
a............
Marital and separate property.
b............
Death and divorce of either spouse.
c............
Children.
Section
2............ Requirements of valid antenuptial contracts.
a............
Disclosure.
b............
Separate counsel.
c............
Substantive and procedural fairness.
Section
3............ Burden of proof.
Section
1............ Children born during a marriage.
Section
2............ Children born outside of a marriage.
Section
3............ Application of the laws of intestate succession to
children born outside of a marriage.
a............
A child whose paternity has been established.
b............
A child whose paternity has not been established.
Section
4............ Determinations of paternity by the Tribal Courts of
the Prairie Island Mdewakanton Dakota.
Section
5............ Procedure to determine father and child
relationship.
Section
1............ Purpose and policy.
a............
Purpose.
b............
Policy.
Section
2............ Definitions.
c............
Guardianship of the person.
g............
Parent-child relationship.
h............
Protective supervision.
m............
Indian Child Welfare Act.
Section
3............ Jurisdiction.
Section
4............ Petition for adoption.
Section
5............ Who may file a petition.
a............
General Requirements.
b............
Special conditions for non-member adoption.
Section
6............ When consent to adoption is required.
Section
7............ Appointment of guardian.
Section
8............ Consents to adoption.
a............
Form of consent.
b............
Consent by a child aged 12 or older.
c............
Filing of consents.
d............
Withdrawal of consent.
Section
9............ Investigation report.
Section
10............ Hearing on adoption.
Section
11............ Report and final decree of adoption.
Section
12............ Privacy interests of person(s) giving child up for
adoption.
Section
13............ Adoption records.
Section
14............ Contents of adoption order.
Section
15............ Name and legal status of adopted child.
Section
16............ Tribal status of child.
Section
1............ Purpose, construction and policy.
a............
Purpose
b............
Construction.
c............
Policy.
d............
Transfer of jurisdiction under the ICWA.
e............
Intervention under the ICWA.
Section
2............ Definitions.
a............
Delinquent child.
b............
Dependent child.
c............
Neglected child.
d............
Child in need of assistance.
e............
Juvenile.
f............
Parties.
g............
Children's Court.
Section
3............ Jurisdiction.
Section
4............ Proceedings of a civil nature.
Section
5............ How to start proceedings.
Section
6............ Grounds for a petition.
Section
7............ Notice and service of notice.
Section
8............ Hearing in Children's Court.
Section
9............ Actions of the Children's Court.
a............
General authority.
b............
Orders for protection.
c............
Custody of child pending hearing.
d............
Medical care and examinations.
e............
Commitments.
f............
Judgment for support.
g............
Removal from Reservation.
Section
10............ Records of Children's Court.
Section
11............ Custody of a child apprehended for violation of
law.
Section
12............ Report of custodian.
Section
13............ No limitation on authority.
Section
14............ Child welfare and probation officers.
Section
15............ Caption headings.
Section
16............ Child Welfare Office.
a............
Duties.
b............
Use of other Tribal resources.
c............
Case plans.
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