DMR.2.2.040 Invalid or Prohibited Marriages

Marriages are prohibited or invalid under this Code:

(a) Where either party is lawfully married to another living spouse.

(b) Where either party has been divorced and the divorce is not yet final, or the waiting period for remarriage has not yet elapsed, under the law of the jurisdiction where the divorce was granted.

(c) Between ancestors and descendants of every degree, between a stepfather and stepdaughter or between a stepmother and stepson, between brother and sister, aunt and nephew, uncle and niece, and between first cousins, whether the relationship is of the half or whole blood and legitimate or illegitimate.

(d) Where the marriage is prohibited by custom and tradition of the Tribe.