See also ANNULMENT; DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; SEPARATION OF HUSBAND AND WIFE
Age
Insufficient grounds for annulment, Minn. Statutes 2008 518.04
Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.02
Underage, annulment, Minn. Statutes 2008 518.02
Witnesses, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.10
Antenuptial agreements
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 519.11
Statutory rule against perpetuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 501A.04
Bigamy, Minn. Statutes 2008 609.355
Breach of contract, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2008 553.01 to 553.03
Breach of marriage promise, Minn. Statutes 2008 553.01 to 553.03
Ceremonies, see Solemnization under this topic
Certificates and certification
Applicants, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 144.223
Certified copies, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.101, 600.20
Credentials of clergy, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.05
Local registrars, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 144.223, 517.10, 517.13, 517.18
Prima facie evidence of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2008 600.20
Record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.10, 517.13, 517.18
Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.10
Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2008 144.223
Solemnization, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.10
Violations, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.13, 517.14, 517.18
Vital records, marriage certificates defined as, Minn. Statutes 2008 144.212
Change of name
Convicts, Minn. Statutes 2008 259.115, 259.13, 517.08, 609B.612, 609B.613
Marriage license applications, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.08
Cohabitation, see COHABITATION
Consent
Capacity lacking annulment, Minn. Statutes 2008 518.02
Developmentally disabled wards, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.03
Parental, for person age of 16 years, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.02
Parties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.01
Persons age of 16 years, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.02
Consummation, physical capacity lacking, annulment, Minn. Statutes 2008 518.02
Contracts and agreements
Breach of marriage promise, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2008 553.01 to 553.03
Husbands and wives, rights and privileges, Minn. Statutes 2008 519.06
Marriage defined as civil contract, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.01
Statute of frauds, Minn. Statutes 2008 513.01
Conveyances, husbands and wives
Rights and privileges, Minn. Statutes 2008 519.03, 519.04, 519.07
Convicts, child custody, effect, Minn. Statutes 2008 257.026
Criminal sexual conduct
Consent, and social relationship of parties, Minn. Statutes 2008 609.341
Defense of Marriage Act, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.03
Definitions, domestic relations, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.01
Developmentally disabled persons
Human Services Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 246.01, 252A.111, 517.03
Licenses, see same under this topic
Wards, consent, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.03
Divorce, see DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
Evidence of
Admissions, Minn. Statutes 2008 602.02
Cohabitation, Minn. Statutes 2008 602.02
Marriage certificates, Minn. Statutes 2008 600.20
False personation, in entering, Minn. Statutes 2008 609.83
Fees, marriage licenses, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.08
Forms, license applications, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.08
Healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood initiative, Minn. Statutes 2008 256.742
Illegal marriages, violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.14
Income taxes, determination of marriage
Internal Revenue Code, Minn. Statutes 2008 289A.08
Lawsuits, right of action abolished, Minn. Statutes 2008 553.01 to 553.03
Licenses
Applications, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.02, 517.03, 517.08
Convicts, change of name, Minn. Statutes 2008 259.115, 259.13, 517.08, 609B.612, 609B.613
Court administrators, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 485.27
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.08
Obtaining, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.07
Required, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.01
Saint Louis County, deputy court administrator, Minn. Statutes 2008 484.44
Marital privacy, developmentally disabled persons
Marital privilege of witnesses
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 595.02
Prostitution, Minn. Statutes 2008 609.326
Marriage certificates, see Certificates and certification under this topic
Marriage of parents after birth of child
Replacement birth records, issuance, Minn. Statutes 2008 144.218
Married persons, patients bill of rights, Minn. Statutes 2008 144.651
Missing persons, dissolution if declared dead, Minn. Statutes 2008 576.144
Null and void
Exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2008 518.01
Grounds, Minn. Statutes 2008 518.02
Irregularity of officiating person, exception, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.16
Marriages subsequent to April 26, 1941, unlawfully contracted, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.01
Prohibited marriages, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.01, 517.03, 518.01
Oaths
Court administrators, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.06
Local registrars, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.08
Parties examined, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.06, 517.08
Opposite sex, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.01
Parent and child relationship, not dependent on marriage, Minn. Statutes 2008 257.53
Persons age 16 and under, consent, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.02
Policy of state
Breach of contract to marry, Minn. Statutes 2008 553.01
Same-sex marriages, Minn. Statutes 2008 363A.27
Premarital education, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.08
Previous marriage
Null and void status, dissolution of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2008 518.01
Prohibited marriages
Contract violations, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.01
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.03
Null and void, Minn. Statutes 2008 518.01
Promise of marriage
Coercion for use in prostitution, Minn. Statutes 2008 611A.80 to 611A.88
Promotion, healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood initiative, Minn. Statutes 2008 256.742
Records and record keeping
Certificates and certification, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.10, 517.13, 517.18
Licenses, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.08
Solemnization, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.10
Remarriage, see REMARRIAGE
Reports about, MFIP applicants or participants, Minn. Statutes 2008 256J.30
Same-sex marriages
Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2008 363A.27
Prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.03
Solemnization
Court commissioners, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.04, 517.041
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.04, 517.09, 517.10
Oaths, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.06, 517.08
Parties examined, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.06, 517.08
Performing, Minn. Statutes 2008 484.62, 489.02
Religious organizations and societies, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.18
Unauthorized, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.15
Validity, irregularity of officiating person, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.16
Violations, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.14
Witnesses authorized, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.01, 517.09, 517.18
Spousal visits, developmentally disabled persons
Status of husband and wife
Separation of husband and wife, effect, trusts, Minn. Statutes 2008 501B.90
Validity
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.20
Irregularity of officiating person, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.16
Venue, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.07
Violations and penalties
Ceremony, unauthorized, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.15
False personation, in entering, Minn. Statutes 2008 609.83
Licenses, violations, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.08
Solemnization, violations, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.15
Void marriages, see Null and void under this topic
Witnesses
Age requirement, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.10
Signatures on marriage certificates, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.10
Solemnization, authority, Minn. Statutes 2008 517.01, 517.09, 517.18