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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

9.07.070 Prohibited Marriages

The following marriages are prohibited:

(a) A marriage entered into prior to the dissolution of an earlier marriage of one (1) of the parties;

(b) A marriage between an ancestor and a descendant, or between a brother and a sister, whether the relationship is by the half or whole blood, or by adoption;

(c) A marriage between an uncle and a niece or between an aunt and a nephew, whether the relationship is by the half or the whole blood, except as to marriages permitted by the established customs of aboriginal cultures.

(1) Parties to a marriage prohibited under this section who cohabit after removal of the impediment are lawfully married as of the date of the removal of the impediment.

(2) Children born of a prohibited marriage are legitimate.