Montana Marriage Laws | § 40-1-101 | Purposes. Marriage Laws

Montana Code Annotated 40-1-101

Purposes.

This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes, which are to: (1) provide adequate procedures for the solemnization and registration of marriage; (2) strengthen and preserve the integrity of marriage and safeguard family relationships.

En. 48-302 by Sec. 2, Ch. 536, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 48-302(part).

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§ 40-1-301 Solemnization and registration.
§ 40-1-105 Application of Montana Rules of Civil Procedure.
§ 40-1-107 Form of application, license, marriage certificate, and consent.
§ 40-1-213 Judicial approval.
§ 40-1-210 No license to be issued when applicants under influence of liquor or drug.
§ 40-1-321 Registration of marriage.
§ 40-1-401 Prohibited marriages -- contracts.
§ 40-1-402 Declaration of invalidity.
§ 40-1-104 Application.
§ 40-1-101 Purposes.
§ 40-1-102 Uniformity of application and construction.
§ 40-1-103 Formalities.
§ 40-1-106 Parts of code not applicable.
§ 40-1-201 License application.
§ 40-1-202 License issuance
§ 40-1-203 Proof of age.
§ 40-1-212 Effective period of license.
§ 40-1-311 Declaration of marriage without solemnization.
§ 40-1-312 Persons who may prepare declaration of marriage.
§ 40-1-313 Penalty.
§ 40-1-322 Certificate and copy presumptive evidence.
§ 40-1-323 Proof of solemnized marriage when no record.
§ 40-1-324 Declaration to be acknowledged and recorded.
§ 40-1-403 Validity of common-law marriage.
§ 40-1-404 Putative spouse.