A. 
The Tribal Court shall enter a judgment of divorce dissolving the bonds of matrimony if evidence is presented in open court that there has been a breakdown in the marriage relationship to the extent that the objects of matrimony have been destroyed and there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved.
B. 
The Tribal Court shall decide all issues of fact and law and there shall be no right to trial by jury.
A. 
No proofs or testimony shall be taken in any case for divorce until the expiration of 60 business days from the time of filing the complaint, except when the testimony is taken conditionally for the purpose of perpetuating such testimony.
B. 
In every case where there is a dependent child, no proofs or testimony shall be taken in any case for divorce until the expiration of 180 business days from the day the complaint is filed, provided that in cases of unusual hardship or such compelling necessity as shall appeal to the conscience of the Tribal Court, upon motion and proper showing, the Tribal Court may take testimony at any time after the expiration of 60 business days from the time of filing the complaint.
C. 
Testimony shall be taken in person, except that upon appropriate motion, the Tribal Court may allow testimony to be taken by telephone or other electronically reliable means.
A. 
After the complaint has been filed, but before a final judgment of divorce has entered, the Tribal Court may, upon the motion of either party or on the Tribal Court's own motion:
(1) 
Enter orders requiring either party to pay, during the pendency of the action, spousal support for the suitable maintenance of the adverse party, to pay such sums as shall be deemed proper and necessary to conserve any real or personal property owned by the parties or either of them, and to pay any sums necessary to enable the adverse party to carry on or defend the action.
(2) 
Enter orders concerning the care, parenting time, custody, and support of any child of the parties during the pendency of the action, as the Tribal Court shall deem just, proper, and necessary for the benefit of such child. Such orders are not intended to be a final determination of such matters.
B. 
A hearing shall be held prior to the issuance of such orders, unless the Court determines that an emergency exists or a party cannot be found, in which case such orders may be issued ex-parte.
C. 
Emergency may include, but not be limited to:
(1) 
A danger of physical or severe emotional abuse to the spouse or the parties' child(ren);
(2) 
A lack of means for interim subsistence; or
(3) 
The danger that the child(ren) will be removed from jurisdiction.
D. 
If the initial order is issued ex-parte, a full hearing on the temporary order shall be held within 14 business days.
A. 
A settlement agreement between the parties or their attorneys respecting the proceedings in a divorce action, subsequently repudiated by either party, is not binding unless it was made in open court or evidence of the agreement is in writing, signed by the party against whom the agreement is offered or by that party's attorney.
B. 
All settlement agreements respecting any proceedings in a divorce action are subject to the approval of the Tribal Court and shall be approved unless the Tribal Court determines that the terms are not fair and equitable.
C. 
Custody agreements shall be approved by the Tribal Court unless the Tribal Court finds on the record by clear and convincing evidence that the terms are not in the Wa Në Mnopmadzet.
D. 
The parties may specify whether a settlement agreement is to be merged with the judgment of divorce or to be a separate settlement agreement.