Utah Marriage Laws | § 81-2-203

Utah Code 81-2-203

Premarital counseling board in county -- Appointment, terms, compensation, offices -- Common counseling board with adjacent county.

[Section 30-1-31 Renumbered] §81-2-203 Premarital counseling board in county -- Appointment, terms, compensation, offices -- Common counseling board with adjacent county.

(1) A county is authorized to:

(a) provide for premarital counseling; and

(b) require the use of premarital counseling as a condition precedent to the issuance of a marriage license under the provisions of this part.

(2) The county may appoint a premarital counseling board consisting of seven members, four of whom shall be lay persons and three of whom shall be chosen from the professions of psychiatry, psychology, social work, marriage counseling, the clergy, law or medicine.

(3) The county may designate the terms of office and the procedures to be followed by the premarital counseling board and provide for payment of compensation and expenses for members.

(4) The county may pay the salaries and expenses of a counseling staff under the supervision of the premarital counseling board and provide office space, furnishings, equipment and supplies for the board's use.

(5) A county may join with an adjacent county or counties in forming a common premarital counseling board and in establishing a common master plan for premarital counseling.

Enacted by Chapter 64, 1971 General Session; Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 366, 2024 General Session

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§ 81-2-303 Application for license -- Contents
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§ 81-4-303 Petition for annulment -- Venue -- Judgment on validity of marriage.
§ 30-1-17.2 [Repealed] Action to determine validity of marriage -- Orders relating to parties, property, and children -- Presumption of paternity in marriage.
§ 30-1-17.3 [Repealed] Age as basis of action to determine validity of marriage -- Refusal to grant annulment.
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§ 81-2-406 Validation of marriage to a person with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or other sexually transmitted disease.
§ 30-1-3 [Superseded] Marriage in belief of death or divorce of former spouse -- Issue legitimate.
§ 81-2-403 Marriages prohibited and void.
§ 81-2-404 Validation of marriage to a person subject to chronic epileptic fits who had not been sterilized.
§ 81-2-304 Marriage of a minor -- Consent of parent or guardian -- Juvenile court authorization.
§ 81-4-102 Action for annulment or divorce as alternative relief.
§ 30-1-9.1 [Repealed] Parental consent to prohibited marriage of minor -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-13 [ Repealed ] Solemnization without license -- Penalty.
§ 81-2-306 County clerk to file license and certificate -- Designation as vital record.
§ 30-1-15 [Repealed] Solemnization of prohibited marriage -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-16 [ Repealed] Misconduct of county clerk -- Penalty.
§ 81-4-302 Annulment -- Grounds.
§ 81-2-204 Master plan for counseling.
§ 30-1-14 [ Repealed ] Acting without authority -- Penalty.
§ 81-2-205 Conformity to master plan for counseling as prerequisite to marriage license -- Exceptions.
§ 81-2-206 Completion of counseling or education.
§ 81-2-207 Persons performing counseling services designated by board -- Exemption from license requirements.
§ 81-2-201 Definitions for part. (Premarital Counseling)
§ 81-2-208 Confidentiality of information obtained under counseling provisions.
§ 81-2-209 Fee for counseling.
§ 81-2-409 Legal recognition of a child when marriage is void.
§ 81-2-401 Definitions for part.
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