Michigan Marriage Laws | § Mich. Const. art. I, § 25

Constitution of Michigan of 1963 Mich. Const. art. I, § 25

Marriage.

To secure and preserve the benefits of marriage for our society and for future generations of children, the union of one man and one woman in marriage shall be the only agreement recognized as a marriage or similar union for any purpose.

Constitutionality: In Obergefell v Hodges, 576 US 644; 135 S Ct 2584; 192 L Ed 2d 609 (2015), the United State Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment requires a state to license a marriage between 2 people of the same sex and to recognize a marriage between 2 people of the same sex that was lawfully licensed and performed in another state.

Add. Initiated Law, approved Nov. 2, 2004, Eff. Dec. 18, 2004

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§ 551.202 Application for marriage license; form; fee; performing marriage ceremony; permit; record; marriage certificate; execution of papers in duplicate; delivery of marriage certificate to parties
§ 551.7 Persons authorized to solemnize marriage; records; return of licenses and certificates; disposition of fees charged by mayor or county clerk
§ 551.9 Solemnization of marriage; form; declaration by parties; witnesses
§ 551.16 Want of jurisdiction or authority to solemnize marriage; affect on marriage
§ 551.101 Marriage license; requirements; place to obtain, delivery to person officiating
§ 551.110 License, certificate or certified copy record as evidence
§ 551.103 Persons capable of contracting marriage; age requirement; proof of age; filling out license; written consent; compliance; filing consent; signing, certification, and copy of license; fee; allocation for family counseling services; return and disposition of unexpended funds; waiver of fee; additional fee for nonresidents; delivery of license and certificate to officiating individual; recording information; forwarding licenses and certificates to state registrar; imposition of fee by certain charter counties
§ 551.271 Marriages solemnized in another state validated
§ 551.201 Issuance of marriage license without publicity; conditions; application; notice; consent; exceptions; order
§ 551.251 Legal marriage of minor; parental and marital rights and duties; guardian ad litem.
§ 551.102 Blank form for marriage license and certificate; preparation, contents, and distribution; furnishing blank forms of affidavit of competency; filing affidavit; electronic filing; license as matter of record; transmission to department of community health; social security number; application exempt from disclosure.
§ 551.203 Private file of papers; forwarding duplicate to state registrar; recordation of filing in private register; inspection of files and records; request and identification; court order; petition to unseal marriage record; court order; findings; petition by surviving party; forwarding copy of license and marriage certificate to county clerk; access
§ 551.1 Marriage between individuals of same sex as invalid contract
§ 551.3 Incapacity; persons man prohibited from marrying
§ 551.2 Marriage as civil contract; consent; license; solemnization
§ 551.4 Incapacity; persons woman prohibited from marrying
§ 551.5 Bigamy prohibited
§ 551.14 Unlawful marriage by person authorized to solemnize marriage; penalty
§ 551.15 Ceremony performance with knowledge of lack of authority or legal impediment; penalty
§ 551.17 Denominational modes of solemnization; effect of chapter
§ 551.18 Certificates and records of marriage as evidence
§ 551.51 Age of consent
§ 551.109 Filing reports of marriage; record
§ 551.103a Marriage license; time of delivery; solemnization of marriage required
§ 551.104 Certificate completion; officiating person duty; original license return; record
§ 551.105 County clerk; violation of act, misdemeanor, penalty
§ 551.106 Person officiating at marriage; violation of act, misdemeanor, penalty
§ 551.107 Failure to return certificate; misdemeanor, penalty
§ 551.108 Marriage license; false statement in application, perjury
§ 551.111 License or certificate errors; evidence, correction
§ 551.204 Privileged communications; violation of confidence as misdemeanor; publicity as misdemeanor; penalties; libel action; neglecting to make proper return; section inapplicable to license unsealed under section 3(2) or (3).
§ 551.272 Marriage not between man and woman invalidated
§ Mich. Const. art. I, § 25 Marriage.