Nebraska Marriage Laws | § 42-101

Nebraska Revised Statutes 42-101

Marriage a civil contract.

In law, marriage is considered a civil contract, to which the consent of the parties capable of contracting is essential.

R.S.1866, c. 34, § 1, p. 254; R.S.1913, § 1540; C.S.1922, § 1489; C.S.1929, § 42-101; R.S.1943, § 42-101.

§ 42-109 Ceremony; requirements.
§ 42-110 Marriage certificate; provided to parties; form.
§ 42-112 Returns; record.
§ 42-103 Marriages; when void.
§ 42-115 Marriage according to custom of religious society; certificate; transmission to county clerk.
§ 42-104 Solemnization; license; application; requirements.
§ 43-2101 Persons under nineteen years of age declared minors; marriage, effect; person eighteen years of age or older; rights and responsibility.
§ 42-101 Marriage a civil contract.
§ 42-102 Minimum age; affliction with venereal disease, disqualification.
§ 42-105 Marriage of minor; conditions upon which a license may be issued.
§ 42-106 License issued by county clerk; contents; marriage record; forms.
§ 42-107 License; issuance prohibited, when.
§ 42-113 Violations; penalty.
§ 42-114 Want of jurisdiction; marriage not void, when.
§ 42-116 Marriage certificate and record as evidence.
§ 42-117 Marriage contracted out of state; when valid.
§ 42-118 Marriages; when voidable.
§ 42-108 Marriage ceremony; who may perform; return; contents.