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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

9.08.040 Temporary Order or Temporary Injunction

(a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation, or in a proceeding for disposition of property or for maintenance or support following dissolution of the marriage by a court which lacked personal jurisdiction over the absent spouse, either party may move for temporary maintenance or temporary support of a child of the marriage entitle to support. The motion shall be accompanied by an affidavit setting forth the factual basis for the motion and the amounts requested.

(b) As a part of a motion for temporary maintenance or support or by independent motion accompanied by affidavit, either party may request the Court to issue a temporary injunction for any of the following relief:

(1) Restraining any person from transferring, encumbering, concealing, or otherwise disposing of any property except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life, and, if so restrained, requiring him to notify the moving party of any proposed extra-ordinary expenditures made after the order is issued;

(2) Enjoining a party from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party or of any child;

(3) Excluding a party from the family home or from the home of the other party upon a showing that physical or emotional harm would otherwise result;

(4) Enjoining a party from removing a child from the jurisdiction of the Court; and

(5) Providing other injunctive relief proper in the circumstances.

(c) The Court may issue a temporary restraining order without requiring notice to the other party only if it finds on the basis of the moving affidavit or other evidence that irreparable injury will result to the moving party if no order is issued until the time for responding has elapsed.

(d) A response may be filed within twenty (20) days after service of notice of motion or at the time specified in the temporary restraining order.

(e) On the basis of the showing made and in conformity with Section 9.08.080 and Section 9.08.090 of this Code, the Court may issue a temporary injunction and an order for temporary maintenance or support in amounts and on terms just and proper in the circumstances.

(f) A temporary order or temporary injunction:

(1) Does not prejudice the rights of the parties or the child which are to be adjudicated at subsequent hearings in the proceeding;

(2) May be revoked or modified before final decree on a showing by affidavit of the facts necessary to revocation or modification of a final decree under Section 9.08.160 of this Code; and

(3) Terminates when the final decree is entered or when the petition for dissolution or legal separation is voluntarily dismissed.