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Utah Code 30-1-2

Marriages prohibited and void.

(1) The following marriages are prohibited and declared void: (a) when there is a spouse living, from whom the individual marrying has not been divorced; (b) except as provided in Subsection (2), when an applicant is under 18 years old; and (c) between a divorced individual and any individual other than the one from whom the divorce was secured until the divorce decree becomes absolute, and, if an appeal is taken, until after the affirmance of the decree. (2) A marriage of an individual under 18 years old is not void if the individual: (a) is 16 or 17 years old and obtains consent from a parent or guardian and juvenile court authorization in accordance with Section 30-1-9; or (b) lawfully marries before May 14, 2019.

Amended by Chapter 300, 2019 General Session Amended by Chapter 317, 2019 General Session

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§ 30-1-30 Premarital counseling or education -- State policy -- Applicability.
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§ 30-1-8 Application for license -- Contents.
§ 30-1-6 Who may solemnize marriages -- Certificate.
§ 30-1-2.3 Validation of marriage to a person with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or other sexually transmitted disease.
§ 30-1-3 Marriage in belief of death or divorce of former spouse -- Issue legitimate.
§ 30-1-1 Incestuous marriages void.
§ 30-1-2 Marriages prohibited and void.
§ 30-1-2.1 Validation of marriage to a person subject to chronic epileptic fits who had not been sterilized.
§ 30-1-2.2 Validation of interracial marriages.
§ 30-1-7 Marriage licenses -- Use within state -- Expiration.
§ 30-1-9 Marriage by minors -- Consent of parent or guardian -- Juvenile court authorization.
§ 30-1-4.1 Marriage recognition policy.
§ 30-1-5 Marriage solemnization -- Before unauthorized person -- Validity.
§ 30-1-9.1 Parental consent to prohibited marriage of minor -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-17.4 Action for annulment or divorce as alternative relief.
§ 30-1-12 Clerk to file license and certificate.
§ 30-1-11 Return of license after ceremony -- Failure -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-14 Acting without authority -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-13 Solemnization without license -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-15 Solemnization of prohibited marriage -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-16 Misconduct of county clerk -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-17 Action to determine validity of marriage -- Judgment of validity or annulment.
§ 30-1-17.1 Annulment -- Grounds for.
§ 30-1-17.3 Age as basis of action to determine validity of marriage -- Refusal to grant annulment.
§ 30-1-32 Master plan for counseling.
§ 30-1-33 Conformity to master plan for counseling as prerequisite to marriage license -- Exceptions.
§ 30-1-35 Persons performing counseling services designated by board -- Exemption from license requirements.
§ 30-1-36 Activities included in premarital counseling or education.
§ 30-1-37 Confidentiality of information obtained under counseling provisions.