MARRIAGE

See also ANNULMENT; DISSOLUTION OF ; SEPARATION OF HUSBAND AND WIFE

Age

Insufficient grounds for annulment, Minn. Statutes 2004 518.04

Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.02

Underage, annulment, Minn. Statutes 2004 518.02

Witnesses, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.10

Antenuptial agreements

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 519.11

Statutory rule against perpetuities, Minn. Statutes 2004 501A.04

Application of law, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.18, 2004 517.20

Bigamy, Minn. Statutes 2004 609.355

Breach of contract, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2004 553.01 to 2004 553.03

Breach of marriage promise, Minn. Statutes 2004 553.01 to 2004 553.03

Ceremonies, see Solemnization under this topic

Certificates and certification

Applicants, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 144.223

Certified copies, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.101, 2004 600.20

Credentials of clergy, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.05

Local registrars, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 144.223, 2004 517.10, 2004 517.13, 2004 517.18

Prima facie evidence of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2004 600.20

Record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.10, 2004 517.13, 2004 517.18

Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.10

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2004 144.223

Solemnization, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.10

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.13, 2004 517.14, 2004 517.18

Vital records, marriage certificates defined as, Minn. Statutes 2004 144.212

Change of name

Convicts, Minn. Statutes 2004 259.115, 2004 259.13, 2004 517.08

Marriage license applications, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.08

Cohabitation, see COHABITATION

Consent

Capacity lacking, annulment, Minn. Statutes 2004 518.02

Mentally retarded wards, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.03

Parental, for person age of 16 years, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.02

Parties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.01

Persons age of 16 years, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.02

Consummation

Physical capacity lacking, annulment, Minn. Statutes 2004 518.02

Contracts

Breach of marriage promise, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2004 553.01 to 2004 553.03

Husbands and wives, rights and privileges, Minn. Statutes 2004 519.06

Marriage defined as civil contract, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.01

Statute of frauds, Minn. Statutes 2004 513.01

Conveyances

Husbands and wives, rights and privileges, Minn. Statutes 2004 519.03, 2004 519.04, 2004 519.07

Criminal sexual conduct

Consent, and social relationship of parties, Minn. Statutes 2004 609.341

Defense of Marriage Act, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.03

Definitions, domestic relations, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.01

Divorce, see DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

Evidence of

Admissions, Minn. Statutes 2004 602.02

Cohabitation, Minn. Statutes 2004 602.02

Marriage certificates, Minn. Statutes 2004 600.20

False personation, in entering, Minn. Statutes 2004 609.83

Fees, marriage licenses, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.08

Forms, license applications, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.08

Healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood initiative, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.742

Income taxes, determination of marriage

Internal Revenue Code, Minn. Statutes 2004 289A.08

Interpretation of law

Same-sex marriages, policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2004 363A.27

Lawsuits, right of action abolished, Minn. Statutes 2004 553.01 to 2004 553.03

Licenses

Applications, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.02, 2004 517.03, 2004 517.08

Convicts, change of name, Minn. Statutes 2004 259.115, 2004 259.13, 2004 517.08

Court administrators, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 485.27

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.08

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.08

Local registrars, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.08

Obtaining, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.07

Premarital education, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.08

Required, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.01

Saint Louis County, deputy court administrator, Minn. Statutes 2004 484.44

Marital privacy, mentally retarded persons

Protection-related rights, Minn. Statutes 2004 245B.04

Marital privilege of witnesses

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 595.02

Prostitution, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2004 609.326

Marriage certificates, see Certificates and certification under this topic

Marriage of parents after birth of child

Replacement birth records, issuance, Minn. Statutes 2004 144.218

Married persons, patients bill of rights, Minn. Statutes 2004 144.651

Mentally retarded persons

Human Services Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 246.01, 2004 252A.111, 2004 517.03

Licenses, see same under this topic

Spousal visits, protection-related rights, Minn. Statutes 2004 245B.04

Wards, consent, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.03

Missing persons, dissolution if declared dead, Minn. Statutes 2004 576.144

Null and void

Exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2004 518.01

Grounds, Minn. Statutes 2004 518.02

Irregularity of officiating person, exception, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.16

Marriages subsequent to April 26, 1941, unlawfully contracted, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.01

Prohibited marriages, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.01, 2004 517.03, 2004 518.01

Oaths

Court administrators, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.06

Local registrars, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.08

Parties examined, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.06, 2004 517.08

Opposite sex, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.01

Parent and child relationship

Not dependent on marriage, Minn. Statutes 2004 257.53

Persons age 16 and under, consent, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.02

Policy of state

Breach of contract to marry, Minn. Statutes 2004 553.01

Same-sex marriages, interpretation of law, Minn. Statutes 2004 363A.27

Premarital education, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.08

Previous marriage

Null and void status, dissolution of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2004 518.01

Prima facie evidence, marriage certificates, Minn. Statutes 2004 600.20

Prohibited marriages

Contract violations, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.01

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.03

Null and void, Minn. Statutes 2004 518.01

Promise of marriage

Coercion for use in prostitution, Minn. Statutes 2004 611A.80 to 2004 611A.88

Promotion, healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood initiative, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.742

Records and record keeping

Certificates and certification, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.10, 2004 517.13, 2004 517.18

Licenses, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.08

Solemnization, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.10

Remarriage, see REMARRIAGE

Reports about, MFIP applicants or participants, Minn. Statutes 2004 256J.30

Same-sex marriages

Policy of state, interpretation of law, Minn. Statutes 2004 363A.27

Prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.03

Solemnization

Application of law, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.18

Court commissioners, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.04, 2004 517.041

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.04, 2004 517.09, 2004 517.10

Oaths, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.06, 2004 517.08

Parties examined, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.06, 2004 517.08

Performing, Minn. Statutes 2004 484.62, 2004 489.02

Record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.10

Religious organizations and societies, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.18

Unauthorized, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.15

Validity, irregularity of officiating person, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.16

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.14

Witnesses authorized, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.01, 2004 517.09, 2004 517.18

Spousal visits, mentally retarded persons

Protection-related rights, Minn. Statutes 2004 245B.04

Status of husband and wife

Separation of husband and wife, effect, trusts, Minn. Statutes 2004 501B.90

Validity

Application of law, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.20

Irregularity of officiating person, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.16

Venue, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.07

Violations and penalties

Ceremony, unauthorized, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.15

Certificates and certification, violations, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.13, 2004 517.14, 2004 517.18

False personation, in entering, Minn. Statutes 2004 609.83

Illegal marriages, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.14

Licenses, violations, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.08

Solemnization, violations, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.14, 2004 517.15

Void marriages, see Null and void under this topic

Witnesses

Age requirement, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.10

Signatures on marriage certificates, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.10

Solemnization, authority, Minn. Statutes 2004 517.01, 2004 517.09, 2004 517.18