MARRIAGE

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

Age

Insufficient grounds for annulment, Minn. Statutes 2006 518.04

Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.02

Underage, annulment, Minn. Statutes 2006 518.02

Witnesses, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.10

Antenuptial agreements

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2006 519.11

Statutory rule against perpetuities, Minn. Statutes 2006 501A.04

Bigamy, Minn. Statutes 2006 609.355

Breach of contract, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2006 553.01 to 553.03

Breach of marriage promise, Minn. Statutes 2006 553.01 to 553.03

Ceremonies, see Solemnization under this topic

Certificates and certification

Applicants, duties, Minn. Statutes 2006 144.223

Certified copies, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.101, 600.20

Credentials of clergy, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.05

Local registrars, duties, Minn. Statutes 2006 144.223, 517.10, 517.13, 517.18

Prima facie evidence of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2006 600.20

Record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.10, 517.13, 517.18

Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.10

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2006 144.223

Solemnization, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.10

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.13, 517.14, 517.18

Vital records, marriage certificates defined as, Minn. Statutes 2006 144.212

Change of name

Convicts, Minn. Statutes 2006 259.115, 259.13, 517.08, 609B.612, 609B.613

Marriage license applications, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.08

Cohabitation, see COHABITATION

Consent

Capacity lacking, annulment, Minn. Statutes 2006 518.02

Developmentally disabled wards, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.03

Parental, for person age of 16 years, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.02

Parties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.01

Persons age of 16 years, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.02

Consummation

Physical capacity lacking, annulment, Minn. Statutes 2006 518.02

Contracts and agreements

Breach of marriage promise, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2006 553.01 to 553.03

Husbands and wives, rights and privileges, Minn. Statutes 2006 519.06

Marriage defined as civil contract, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.01

Statute of frauds, Minn. Statutes 2006 513.01

Conveyances, husbands and wives

Rights and privileges, Minn. Statutes 2006 519.03, 519.04, 519.07

Convicts, child custody, effect, Minn. Statutes 2006 257.026

Criminal sexual conduct

Consent, and social relationship of parties, Minn. Statutes 2006 609.341

Defense of Marriage Act, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.03

Definitions, domestic relations, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.01

Developmentally disabled persons

Human Services Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2006 246.01, 252A.111, 517.03

Licenses, see same under this topic

Spousal visits, protection-related rights, Minn. Statutes 2006 245B.04

Wards, consent, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.03

Divorce, see DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

Evidence of

Admissions, Minn. Statutes 2006 602.02

Cohabitation, Minn. Statutes 2006 602.02

Marriage certificates, Minn. Statutes 2006 600.20

False personation, in entering, Minn. Statutes 2006 609.83

Fees, marriage licenses, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.08

Forms, license applications, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.08

Healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood initiative, Minn. Statutes 2006 256.742

Income taxes, determination of marriage

Internal Revenue Code, Minn. Statutes 2006 289A.08

Lawsuits, right of action abolished, Minn. Statutes 2006 553.01 to 553.03

Licenses

Applications, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.02, 517.03, 517.08

Convicts, change of name, Minn. Statutes 2006 259.115, 259.13, 517.08, 609B.612, 609B.613

Court administrators, duties, Minn. Statutes 2006 485.27

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.08

Obtaining, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.07

Required, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.01

Saint Louis County, deputy court administrator, Minn. Statutes 2006 484.44

Marital privacy, developmentally disabled persons

Protection-related rights, Minn. Statutes 2006 245B.04

Marital privilege of witnesses

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2006 595.02

Prostitution, Minn. Statutes 2006 609.326

Marriage certificates, see Certificates and certification under this topic

Marriage of parents after birth of child

Replacement birth records, issuance, Minn. Statutes 2006 144.218

Married persons, patients bill of rights, Minn. Statutes 2006 144.651

Missing persons, dissolution if declared dead, Minn. Statutes 2006 576.144

Null and void

Exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2006 518.01

Grounds, Minn. Statutes 2006 518.02

Irregularity of officiating person, exception, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.16

Marriages subsequent to April 26, 1941, unlawfully contracted, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.01

Prohibited marriages, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.01, 517.03, 518.01

Oaths

Court administrators, duties, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.06

Local registrars, duties, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.08

Parties examined, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.06, 517.08

Opposite sex, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.01

Parent and child relationship

Not dependent on marriage, Minn. Statutes 2006 257.53

Persons age 16 and under, consent, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.02

Policy of state

Breach of contract to marry, Minn. Statutes 2006 553.01

Same-sex marriages, Minn. Statutes 2006 363A.27

Premarital education, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.08

Previous marriage

Null and void status, dissolution of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2006 518.01

Prohibited marriages

Contract violations, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.01

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.03

Null and void, Minn. Statutes 2006 518.01

Promise of marriage

Coercion for use in prostitution, Minn. Statutes 2006 611A.80 to 611A.88

Promotion, healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood initiative, Minn. Statutes 2006 256.742

Records and record keeping

Certificates and certification, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.10, 517.13, 517.18

Licenses, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.08

Solemnization, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.10

Remarriage, see REMARRIAGE

Reports about, MFIP applicants or participants, Minn. Statutes 2006 256J.30

Same-sex marriages

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2006 363A.27

Prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.03

Solemnization

Court commissioners, duties, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.04, 517.041

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.04, 517.09, 517.10

Oaths, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.06, 517.08

Parties examined, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.06, 517.08

Performing, Minn. Statutes 2006 484.62, 489.02

Religious organizations and societies, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.18

Unauthorized, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.15

Validity, irregularity of officiating person, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.16

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.14

Witnesses authorized, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.01, 517.09, 517.18

Spousal visits, developmentally disabled persons

Protection-related rights, Minn. Statutes 2006 245B.04

Status of husband and wife

Separation of husband and wife, effect, trusts, Minn. Statutes 2006 501B.90

Validity

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.20

Irregularity of officiating person, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.16

Venue, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.07

Violations and penalties

Ceremony, unauthorized, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.15

Certificates and certification, violations, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.14

False personation, in entering, Minn. Statutes 2006 609.83

Illegal marriages, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.14

Licenses, violations, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.08

Solemnization, violations, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.14, 517.15

Void marriages, see Null and void under this topic

Witnesses

Age requirement, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.10

Signatures on marriage certificates, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.10

Solemnization, authority, Minn. Statutes 2006 517.01, 517.09, 517.18