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2012 Minnesota Statutes Index (topics)

MARRIAGE

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

Age

Insufficient grounds for annulment, Minn. Statutes 2012 518.04

Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.02

Underage, annulment, Minn. Statutes 2012 518.02

Witnesses, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.10

Antenuptial agreements

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 519.11

Statutory rule against perpetuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 501A.04

Bigamy, Minn. Statutes 2012 609.355

Breach of contract, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2012 553.01 to 553.03

Breach of marriage promise, Minn. Statutes 2012 553.01 to 553.03

Ceremonies, see Solemnization under this topic

Certificates and certification

Applicants, duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 144.223

Certified copies, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.101, 600.20

Credentials of clergy, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.05

Local registrars, duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 144.223, 517.10, 517.13, 517.18

Prima facie evidence of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2012 600.20

Record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.10, 517.13, 517.18

Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.10

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2012 144.223

Solemnization, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.10

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.13, 517.14, 517.18

Vital records, marriage certificates defined as, Minn. Statutes 2012 144.212

Change of name

Convicted persons, Minn. Statutes 2012 259.115, 259.13, 517.08, 609B.612, 609B.613

Marriage license applications, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.08

Cohabitation, see COHABITATION

Consent

Capacity lacking annulment, Minn. Statutes 2012 518.02

Developmentally disabled wards, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.03

Parental, for person age of 16 years, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.02

Parties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.01

Persons age of 16 years, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.02

Consummation, physical capacity lacking, annulment, Minn. Statutes 2012 518.02

Contracts and agreements

Breach of marriage promise, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2012 553.01 to 553.03

Husbands and wives, rights and privileges, Minn. Statutes 2012 519.06

Marriage defined as civil contract, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.01

Statute of frauds, Minn. Statutes 2012 513.01

Conveyances, husbands and wives, rights and privileges, Minn. Statutes 2012 519.03, 519.04, 519.07

Convicted persons, child custody, effect, Minn. Statutes 2012 257.026

Defense of Marriage Act, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.03

Definitions

Domestic relations, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.01

Intestate estates, Minn. Statutes 2012 524.2-201

Developmentally disabled persons

Human Services Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 246.01, 252A.111, 517.03

Licenses, see same under this topic

Divorce, see DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

Evidence of

Admissions, Minn. Statutes 2012 602.02

Cohabitation, Minn. Statutes 2012 602.02

Marriage certificates, Minn. Statutes 2012 600.20

False personation, in entering, Minn. Statutes 2012 609.83

Fees, marriage licenses, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.08

Forms, license applications, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.08

Illegal marriages, violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.14

Income taxes, determination of marriage

Internal Revenue Code, Minn. Statutes 2012 289A.08

Lawsuits, right of action abolished, Minn. Statutes 2012 553.01 to 553.03

Licenses

Applications, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.02, 517.03, 517.08

Convicted persons, change of name, Minn. Statutes 2012 259.115, 259.13, 517.08, 609B.612, 609B.613

Court administrators, duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 485.27

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.08

Obtaining, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.07

Required, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.01

Saint Louis County, deputy court administrator, Minn. Statutes 2012 484.44

Marital privilege of witnesses

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 595.02

Prostitution, Minn. Statutes 2012 609.326

Marriage certificates, see Certificates and certification under this topic

Marriage of parents after birth of child, replacement birth records, issuance, Minn. Statutes 2012 144.218

Married persons, patients bill of rights, Minn. Statutes 2012 144.651

Missing persons, dissolution if declared dead, Minn. Statutes 2012 578.19

Null and void

Exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2012 518.01

Grounds, Minn. Statutes 2012 518.02

Irregularity of officiating person, exception, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.16

Marriages subsequent to April 26, 1941, unlawfully contracted, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.01

Prohibited marriages, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.01, 517.03, 518.01

Oaths

Court administrators, duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.06

Local registrars, duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.08

Parties examined, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.06, 517.08

Opposite sex, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.01

Parent and child relationship, not dependent on marriage, Minn. Statutes 2012 257.53

Policy of state

Breach of contract to marry, Minn. Statutes 2012 553.01

Same-sex marriages, Minn. Statutes 2012 363A.27

Premarital education, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.08

Previous marriage, null and void status, dissolution of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2012 518.01

Prohibited marriages

Contract violations, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.01

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.03

Null and void, Minn. Statutes 2012 518.01

Promise of marriage, coercion for use in prostitution, Minn. Statutes 2012 611A.80 to 611A.88

Records and record keeping

Certificates and certification, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.10, 517.13, 517.18

Licenses, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.08

Solemnization, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.10

Remarriage, see REMARRIAGE

Reports about, MFIP applicants or participants, Minn. Statutes 2012 256J.30

Same-sex marriages

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2012 363A.27

Prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.03

Solemnization

Court commissioners, duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.04, 517.041

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.04, 517.09, 517.10

Oaths, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.06, 517.08

Parties examined, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.06, 517.08

Performing, Minn. Statutes 2012 484.62, 489.02

Religious organizations and societies, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.18

Unauthorized, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.15

Validity, irregularity of officiating person, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.16

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.14

Witnesses authorized, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.01, 517.09, 517.18

Status of husband and wife, separation of husband and wife, effect, trusts, Minn. Statutes 2012 501B.90

Validity

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.20

Irregularity of officiating person, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.16

Venue, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.07

Violations and penalties

Ceremony, unauthorized, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.15

False personation, in entering, Minn. Statutes 2012 609.83

Licenses, violations, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.08

Solemnization, violations, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.15

Void marriages, see Null and void under this topic

Witnesses

Age requirement, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.10

Signatures on marriage certificates, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.10

Solemnization, authority, Minn. Statutes 2012 517.01, 517.09, 517.18