CHAPTER 2 Requirements of a Valid Marriage

• Jurisdiction: United States
• Publication year: 2021

CHAPTER 2 Requirements of a Valid Marriage

Chapter Contents

§ 2.01 Introduction

§ 2.02 Marriage Restrictions

[1] Monogamy
[2] Kinship
[3] Age
[4] Mental Incompetence

[a] Mental Illness
[b] Drugs and Alcohol

[5] Duress
[6] Fraud
[7] Marriage in Jest
[8] Impotence
[9] The Distinction Between a Void and a Voidable Marriage

§ 2.03 Establishing a Valid Marriage

[1] Ceremonial Marriage

[a] License
[b] Ceremony
[c] Consummation
[d] Choice of Law

[2] Common Law Marriage

[a] Agreement to Be Married
[b] Living Together

[i] Cohabitation
[ii] Duration of Cohabitation

[c] Holding Out as Husband and Wife
[d] Choice of Law
[e] The Creation of a Common Law Marriage After the Removal of a Marriage Impediment
[f] The Immediacy Requirement

[3] Proxy Marriage
[4] Putative

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