Tennessee Marriage Laws | § Tenn. Const. art. XI, § 18.

The State Constitution of Tennessee Tenn. Const. art. XI, § 18.

Marriage.

The historical institution and legal contract solemnizing the relationship of one (1) man and one (1) woman shall be the only legally recognized marital contract in this state. Any policy or law or judicial interpretation, purporting to define marriage as anything other than the historical institution and legal contract between one (1) man and one (1) woman, is contrary to the public policy of this state and shall be void and unenforceable in Tennessee. If another state or foreign jurisdiction issues a license for persons to marry and if such marriage is prohibited in this state by the provisions of this section, then the marriage shall be void and unenforceable in this state.

Amd November 7, 2006.

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§ 36-3-301 Persons who may solemnize marriages.
§ 36-3-303 Return of license to clerk — Penalty for failure to return — Society of Friends.
§ 36-3-103 License required — County of issuance.
§ 36-3-102 Second marriage before dissolution of first prohibited — Effect of absence for five years.
§ 36-3-101 Prohibited degrees of relationship.
§ 36-3-105 Minimum age of applicant for license.
§ 36-3-109 Issuance of license to drunks, insane persons or imbeciles forbidden.
§ 36-3-110 Contest of issuance.
§ 36-3-111 County clerk violating law — Penalty.
§ 36-3-112 Fraudulently signing or using false documents — Misdemeanor.
§ 36-3-304 Form of certificate.
§ 36-3-305 Solemnizing marriage between incapable persons — Misdemeanor.
§ 36-3-306 Marriage consummated by ceremony not invalidated by failure to comply with law — Restriction.
§ 36-3-307 Nickname in license does not invalidate marriage.
§ 36-3-308 Marriages during War Between the States validated.
§ 36-3-302 Formula not required.
§ 36-3-106 Consent of parent, guardian, next of kin, agency or custodian — “Parent” defined.
§ Tenn. Const. art. XI, § 18. Marriage.
§ 36-3-104 Conditions precedent to issuance of license.
§ 36-3-113 Marriage between one man and one woman only legally recognized marital contract. [See Compiler's Note.]
§ 36-3-108 Forced marriage prohibited — Civil action.