Utah Code 81-1-101
Definitions for title.
§ 81-1-101 Definitions for title. (Title 81 Utah Code)
As used in this title:
(1) "Child" means, except as provided in Section 81-6-101, a biological or adopted child of any age.
(2) "Court" means:
(a) a judge; or
(b) a court commissioner if the court commissioner has authority to hear the matter under Section 78A-5-107 or the Utah Rules of Judicial Administration.
(3) "Custodial parent" means:
(a) a parent awarded primary physical custody of a minor child by a court order;
(b) if both parents have joint physical custody:
(i) the parent awarded more overnights each year by a court order; or
(ii) the parent designated as the custodial parent by a court order; or
(c) if there is no court order, the parent with whom the minor child resides more than one-half of the calendar year without regard to any temporary parent-time.
(4) "Minor child" means, except as provided in Section 81-6-101, a child who is younger than 18 years old and is not emancipated.
(5) "Noncustodial parent" means the parent who is not the custodial parent regardless of any designation of joint legal custody.
(6) "Parent" means a parent with an established parent-child relationship as defined in Section 81-5-102.
[Effective 05/06/26]
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 366, 2024 General Session; Effective 05/06/26 SB0110
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§ 81-2-202
Premarital counseling or education -- State policy -- Applicability.
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§ 81-1-101
Definitions for title.
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§ 76-7-108
Fraudulently acting as a parent or guardian for a minor's marriage.
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§ 81-2-408
Validity of marriage not solemnized or solemnized before an unauthorized individual.
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§ 81-2-302
Marriage licenses -- Use within state -- Expiration.
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§ 76-7-105
Unlawfully marrying a minor
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§ 76-7-106
Parent or guardian unlawfully consenting or allowing an illegal 104 marriage
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§ 76-7-107
Unlawfully solemnizing a marriage of a minor.
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§ 76-7-109
Transporting a minor out of state for an illegal marriage.
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§ 76-7-110
Traveling out of state to marry a minor.
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§ 81-2-407
Validity of foreign marriages -- Exceptions.
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§ 30-1-2.2 [Repealed]
Validation of interracial marriages.
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§ 81-2-405
Recognition and validation of a marriage regardless of the race, ethnicity, or national origin of the parties.
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§ 81-2-102
Marriage recognition policy.
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§ 81-2-402
Incestuous marriages void.
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§ 81-2-203
Premarital counseling board in county -- Appointment, terms, compensation, offices -- Common counseling board with adjacent county.
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§ 81-2-303
Application for license -- Contents
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§ 81-2-305
Who may solemnize marriages -- Certificate.
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§ 30-1-11 [Repealed]
Return of license after ceremony -- Penalty for failure to return -- Criminal penalty for false statement.
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§ 81-4-303
Petition for annulment -- Venue -- Judgment on validity of marriage.
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§ 30-1-17.2 [Repealed]
Action to determine validity of marriage -- Orders relating to parties, property, and children -- Presumption of paternity in marriage.
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§ 30-1-17.3 [Repealed]
Age as basis of action to determine validity of marriage -- Refusal to grant annulment.
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§ 30-1-5 [Repealed]
Marriage solemnization -- Before unauthorized person -- Validity.
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§ 81-2-406
Validation of marriage to a person with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or other sexually transmitted disease.
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§ 30-1-3 [Superseded]
Marriage in belief of death or divorce of former spouse -- Issue legitimate.
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§ 81-2-403
Marriages prohibited and void.
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§ 81-2-404
Validation of marriage to a person subject to chronic epileptic fits who had not been sterilized.
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§ 81-4-102
Action for annulment or divorce as alternative relief.
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§ 81-2-304
Marriage of a minor -- Consent of parent or guardian -- Juvenile court authorization.
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§ 30-1-9.1 [Repealed]
Parental consent to prohibited marriage of minor -- Penalty.
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§ 30-1-13 [ Repealed ]
Solemnization without license -- Penalty.
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§ 81-2-306
County clerk to file license and certificate -- Designation as vital record.
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§ 30-1-15 [Repealed]
Solemnization of prohibited marriage -- Penalty.
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§ 30-1-16 [ Repealed]
Misconduct of county clerk -- Penalty.
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§ 81-4-302
Annulment -- Grounds.
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§ 81-2-204
Master plan for counseling.
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§ 30-1-14 [ Repealed ]
Acting without authority -- Penalty.
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§ 81-2-205
Conformity to master plan for counseling as prerequisite to marriage license -- Exceptions.
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§ 81-2-206
Completion of counseling or education.
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§ 81-2-207
Persons performing counseling services designated by board -- Exemption from license requirements.
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§ 81-2-201
Definitions for part. (Premarital Counseling)
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§ 81-2-208
Confidentiality of information obtained under counseling provisions.
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§ 81-2-209
Fee for counseling.
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§ 81-2-409
Legal recognition of a child when marriage is void.
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§ 81-2-401
Definitions for part.
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§ 81-2-301
Definitions for part.
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§ 30-1-10 [Repealed]
Affidavit before the clerk -- Penalty.
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§ Utah Const. art. I, § 29
Marriage
