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Kenai, AK 99611
Phone: (907) 283-3633
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Domestic Relations Code

Chapter 8: Divorces and Annulments

Section 1. Divorces

Section 2. Annulments

Section 1. Divorces

Divorce proceedings shall begin with a filing of a Petition to use the Tribal Court. The Court may hear the case or dismiss a Petition where it finds that it lacks necessary personal or subject matter jurisdiction, or where it finds that the action is otherwise inconsistent with Kenaitze Tribal law and custom. The Court shall have the option to issue any Order that it finds appropriate, including, but not limited to the following:

  1. Where the Court finds that it has jurisdiction to dissolve a marriage, but lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate property rights, it may issue such an Order and proceed accordingly.
  2. Where the Court finds that as a matter of comity to another jurisdiction, it should refrain from ruling on all or a part of the requested relief in a Petition for divorce, it may issue an Order setting forth its decision, and proceed accordingly.

Section 2. Annulments

Persons wishing to have a marriage annulled may bring the matter before the Tribal Court by filing a Petition to use the Tribal Court. A marriage performed by the Tribal Court may be annulled where the Tribal Court finds any of the following grounds:

  1. The marriage was the result of fraud or duress.
  2. One of the parties was of unsound mind at the time of the marriage.
  3. There was failure to consummate the marriage.
  4. The marriage violated any applicable written law or any unwritten customary law and/or tradition of the Kenaitze Tribe.

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