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Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Code.

Section DMR.01.05 — Applicability

(a) This chapter authorizes the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Court to issue marriage licenses and perform marriages in which one or both parties to the marriage is a member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe or is a resident of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.

(b) The procedures set forth herein shall be exclusive as to any marriage performed on the reservation, in which both parties are members of the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe.

(c) The procedures set forth herein shall be concurrent with the procedures established by the laws of the state of Wisconsin as to any marriage performed on the reservation in which one party is not a member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe or is not a resident of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. The completion of an application for a marriage license under this chapter constitutes the nonmember's consent to the tribe's jurisdiction to grant such a license.

(d) To the extent that any provisions of this section of the Code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall for any reason, conflict with the remainder of the Code, Section 61, legalizing same-sex marriage, shall prevail. The other conflicting provisions will be invalidated, and this section of the Code shall continue in full force and effect.