process that is consistent with the customs and traditions of the Spokane Tribe of Indians.
(c) The purpose of the informal dispute Resolution process shall be to encourage cooperation,
reduce hard feelings and develop an agreement that to the extent possible meets the needs and
best interests of all the parties involved, consistent with the provisions of this Code and the
customs and traditions of the Spokane Tribe of Indians.
(d) Informal dispute Resolution proceedings shall be held in private and shall be confidential. No 1
shall testify in Court as to any aspect of the proceedings; provided, that if an agreement is
reached by the parties it shall be reduced to writing, signed by the parties and presented to the
Court.
7-3.05 Dissolution of Marriage; Findings Necessary. The Court shall enter a decree of dissolution if it finds
the following:
(a) That 1 of the parties is an enrolled member of the Spokane Tribe of Indians and at the time the
action was commenced was domiciled within the exterior boundaries of the Spokane Reservation
for 90 days. There is a presumption that all enrolled Tribal members are domiciled on the
Spokane Indian Reservation.
(b) The marriage is irretrievably broken.
(c) The Court has considered, approved, and made provision for the parenting and support of any
natural or adopted child common to the parties of the marriage entitled to such and to the
disposition of liabilities and property of the parties.
7-3.06 Decree of Legal Separation; Findings Necessary. The Court shall enter a decree of legal separation
if it finds each of the following:
(a) That 1 of the parties is an enrolled member of the Spokane Tribe of Indians and at the time the
action was commenced that party was domiciled within the exterior boundaries of the Spokane
Reservation for a period of 90 days. There is a presumption that all enrolled Tribal members are
domiciled on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
(b) The marriage is irretrievably broken.
(c) The other party does not object to a decree of legal separation.
(1) If the other party objects to decree of legal separation, the Court shall direct that the
pleadings be amended to seek dissolution of the marriage.
(d) The Court has considered, approved, and made provision for the parenting and support of any
natural or adopted child common to the parties of the marriage entitled to such and for the
disposition of property and assumption of debt by the parties.
7-3.07 Declaration of Invalidity of Marriage (Annulment); Findings Necessary.
(a) The Court shall enter a declaration of invalidity of marriage if it finds each of the following:
(1) That 1 of the parties is an enrolled member of the Spokane Tribe of Indians and at the
time the action was commenced was domiciled within the exterior boundaries of the
Spokane Reservation for a period of 90 days. There is a presumption that all enrolled
Tribal members are domiciled on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
(2) The marriage should not have been contracted because of the age of 1 or both of the
parties, lack of required parental or Court approval, a prior undissolved marriage of 1 or
both of the parties, reasons of consanguinity, or because a partly lacked capacity to
consent to the marriage, either because of mental incapacity or because of the influence
of alcohol or other incapacitating substances, or because a party was induced to enter
into the marriage by force or duress, or by fraud involving the essentials of marriage
and that the parties have not ratified their marriage by voluntarily cohabitating after
attaining the age of consent, or after attaining capacity to consent, or after cessation of
the force or duress or discovery of the fraud.
(3) The Court has considered approved and made provision for the parenting and support of
any natural or adopted child common to the parties of the marriage entitled to such and
the disposition of the property and assignment of debt of the parties.
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