Utah Marriage Laws | § 81-2-205

Utah Code 81-2-205

Conformity to master plan for counseling as prerequisite to marriage license -- Exceptions.

[ Section 30-1-33 Renumbered] §81-2-205 Conformity to master plan for counseling as prerequisite to marriage license -- Exceptions.

Whenever a county has adopted a master plan for premarital counseling no resident of the county may obtain a marriage license without conforming to the plan, except that:

(1) an individual who applies for a marriage license shall have the right to secure the license and to marry notwithstanding the individual's failure to conform to the required premarital counseling or the individual's failure to obtain a certificate of authorization from the premarital counseling board if the individual waits six months from the date of application for issuance of the license;

(2) this part does not apply to any application for a marriage license where both parties are at least 19 years old and neither has been previously divorced;

(3) this part does not apply to any application for a marriage license unless both applicants have physically resided in Utah for 60 days immediately preceding their application; or

(4) premarital counseling required by this part is considered fulfilled if the applicants present a certificate verified by a clergyman that the applicants have completed a course of premarital counseling approved by a church and given by or under the supervision of the clergyman.

Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session; Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 366, 2024 General Session

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§ 81-2-303 Application for license -- Contents
§ 30-1-11 [Repealed] Return of license after ceremony -- Penalty for failure to return -- Criminal penalty for false statement.
§ 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§ 30-1-17.2 [Repealed] Action to determine validity of marriage -- Orders relating to parties, property, and children -- Presumption of paternity in marriage.
§ 30-1-17.3 [Repealed] Age as basis of action to determine validity of marriage -- Refusal to grant annulment.
§ 30-1-5 [Repealed] Marriage solemnization -- Before unauthorized person -- Validity.
§ 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§ 30-1-3 [Superseded] Marriage in belief of death or divorce of former spouse -- Issue legitimate.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.
§ 81-1-101 Definitions for title.
§ 81-2-301 Definitions for part.
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