MARRIAGE

See also ANNULMENT; DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; LEGAL SEPARATION

Age

Insufficient grounds for annulment, Minn. Statutes 2016 518.04

Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.02

Underage, annulment, Minn. Statutes 2016 518.02

Witnesses, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.10

Antenuptial agreements

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2016 519.11

Statutory rule against perpetuities, Minn. Statutes 2016 501A.04

Bigamy, Minn. Statutes 2016 609.355

Breach of contract, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2016 553.01 to 553.03

Breach of marriage promise, Minn. Statutes 2016 553.01 to 553.03

Ceremonies, see Solemnization under this topic

Certificates and certification

Amendment, Minn. Statutes 2016 144.2181

Applicants, duties, Minn. Statutes 2016 144.223

Certified copies, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.101, 600.20

Corrections, Minn. Statutes 2016 144.2181

Credentials of clergy, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.05

Local registrars, duties, Minn. Statutes 2016 144.223, 517.10, 517.13, 517.18

Prima facie evidence of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2016 600.20

Record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.10, 517.13, 517.18

Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.10

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2016 144.223

Security of vital records system, Minn. Statutes 2016 144.2131

Solemnization, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.10

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.13, 517.14, 517.18

Vital records, marriage certificates defined as, Minn. Statutes 2016 144.212

Change of name

Convicted persons, Minn. Statutes 2016 259.115, 259.13, 517.08, 609B.612, 609B.613

Marriage license applications, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.08

Civil marriages, construction of law, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.23

Cohabitation, see COHABITATION

Community property, see COMMUNITY PROPERTY

Consent

Capacity lacking annulment, Minn. Statutes 2016 518.02

Developmentally disabled wards, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.03

Parental, for person age of 16 years, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.02

Parties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.01

Persons age of 16 years, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.02

Consummation, physical capacity lacking, annulment, Minn. Statutes 2016 518.02

Contracts and agreements

Breach of marriage promise, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2016 553.01 to 553.03

Civil marriages, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.23

Husbands and wives, rights and privileges, Minn. Statutes 2016 519.06

Marriage defined as civil contract, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.01

Statute of frauds, Minn. Statutes 2016 513.01

Conveyances, husbands and wives, rights and privileges, Minn. Statutes 2016 519.03, 519.04, 519.07

Convicted persons, child custody, effect, Minn. Statutes 2016 257.026

Criminal sexual conduct, consent, and social relationship of parties, Minn. Statutes 2016 609.341

Definitions

Civil marriages, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.23

Domestic relations, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.01

Intestate estates, Minn. Statutes 2016 524.2-201

Developmentally disabled persons

Human Services Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2016 246.01, 252A.111, 517.03

Licenses, see same under this topic

Wards, consent, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.03

Divorce, see DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

Evidence of

Admissions, Minn. Statutes 2016 602.02

Cohabitation, Minn. Statutes 2016 602.02

Marriage certificates, Minn. Statutes 2016 600.20

False personation, in entering, Minn. Statutes 2016 609.83

Fees, marriage licenses, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.08

Forms, license applications, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.08

Gender-neutral language, civil marriages, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.201

Illegal marriages, violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.14

Income taxes, determination of marriage, Internal Revenue Code, Minn. Statutes 2016 289A.08

Lawsuits, right of action abolished, Minn. Statutes 2016 553.01 to 553.03

Licenses

Applications, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.02, 517.03, 517.08

Convicted persons, change of name, Minn. Statutes 2016 259.115, 259.13, 517.08, 609B.612, 609B.613

Court administrators, duties, Minn. Statutes 2016 485.27

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.08

Obtaining, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.07

Required, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.01

Saint Louis County, deputy court administrator, Minn. Statutes 2016 484.44

Marital privilege of witnesses

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2016 595.02

Prostitution, Minn. Statutes 2016 609.326

Marriage certificates, see Certificates and certification under this topic

Marriage of parents after birth of child, replacement birth records, issuance, Minn. Statutes 2016 144.218

Married persons, patients bill of rights, Minn. Statutes 2016 144.651

Missing persons, dissolution if declared dead, Minn. Statutes 2016 578.19

Null and void

Exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2016 518.01

Grounds, Minn. Statutes 2016 518.02

Irregularity of officiating person, exception, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.16

Marriages subsequent to April 26, 1941, unlawfully contracted, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.01

Prohibited marriages, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.01, 517.03, 518.01

Oaths

Court administrators, duties, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.06

Local registrars, duties, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.08

Parties examined, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.06, 517.08

Parent and child relationship, not dependent on marriage, Minn. Statutes 2016 257.53

Persons age 16 and under, consent, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.02

Policy of state

Breach of contract to marry, Minn. Statutes 2016 553.01

Same-sex marriages, Minn. Statutes 2016 363A.27

Premarital education, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.08

Previous marriage, null and void status, dissolution of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2016 518.01

Prohibited marriages

Contract violations, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.01

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.03

Null and void, Minn. Statutes 2016 518.01

Promise of marriage, coercion for use in prostitution, Minn. Statutes 2016 611A.80 to 611A.88

Records and record keeping

Certificates and certification, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.10, 517.13, 517.18

Licenses, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.08

Solemnization, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.10

Remarriage, see REMARRIAGE

Same sex-civil marriages, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.201

Same-sex marriages, policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2016 363A.27

Solemnization

Court commissioners, duties, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.04, 517.041

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.04, 517.09, 517.10

Oaths, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.06, 517.08

Parties examined, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.06, 517.08

Performing, Minn. Statutes 2016 484.62, 489.02

Religious organizations and societies, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.18

Unauthorized, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.15

Validity, irregularity of officiating person, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.16

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.14

Witnesses authorized, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.01, 517.09, 517.18

Status of spouses, separation, effect on trusts, Minn. Statutes 2016 501C.1207

Validity

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.20

Irregularity of officiating person, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.16

Venue, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.07

Violations and penalties

Ceremony, unauthorized, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.15

False personation, in entering, Minn. Statutes 2016 609.83

Licenses, violations, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.08

Solemnization, violations, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.15

Void marriages, see Null and void under this topic

Witnesses

Age requirement, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.10

Signatures on marriage certificates, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.10

Solemnization, authority, Minn. Statutes 2016 517.01, 517.09, 517.18