See also ANNULMENT; DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; LEGAL SEPARATION
Age
Insufficient grounds for annulment, Minn. Statutes 2023 518.04
Proof of age, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.08
Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.02
Underage, annulment, Minn. Statutes 2023 518.02
Witnesses, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.10
Antenuptial agreements
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 519.11
Statutory rule against perpetuities, Minn. Statutes 2023 501A.04
Bigamy, Minn. Statutes 2023 609.355
Breach of contract, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2023 553.01 to 553.03
Breach of marriage promise, Minn. Statutes 2023 553.01 to 553.03
Ceremonies, see Solemnization under this topic
Certificates and certification
Amendment, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2181
Applicants, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.223
Certified copies, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.101, 600.20
Corrections, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2181
Credentials of clergy, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.05
Local registrars, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.223, 517.10, 517.13, 517.18
Prima facie evidence of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2023 600.20
Record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.10, 517.13, 517.18
Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.10
Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.223
Security of vital records system, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2131
Solemnization, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.10
Violations, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.13, 517.14, 517.18
Vital records, marriage certificates defined as, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.212
Change of name
Convicted persons, Minn. Statutes 2023 259.115, 259.13, 517.08, 609B.612, 609B.613
Marriage license applications, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.08
Civil marriage officiants, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.04
Civil marriages, construction of law, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.23
Cohabitation, see COHABITATION
Community property, see COMMUNITY PROPERTY
Consent
Capacity lacking annulment, Minn. Statutes 2023 518.02
Developmentally disabled wards, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.03
Parties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.01
Consummation, physical capacity lacking, annulment, Minn. Statutes 2023 518.02
Contracts and agreements
Breach of marriage promise, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2023 553.01 to 553.03
Civil marriages, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.23
Husbands and wives, rights and privileges, Minn. Statutes 2023 519.06
Marriage defined as civil contract, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.01
Statute of frauds, Minn. Statutes 2023 513.01
Conveyances, husbands and wives, rights and privileges, Minn. Statutes 2023 519.03, 519.04, 519.07
Convicted persons, child custody, effect, Minn. Statutes 2023 257.026
Criminal sexual conduct, consent, and social relationship of parties, Minn. Statutes 2023 609.341
Definitions
Civil marriages, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.23
Domestic relations, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.01
Intestate estates, Minn. Statutes 2023 524.2-201
Developmentally disabled persons
Human Services Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 246.01, 252A.111, 517.03
Licenses, see same under this topic
Wards, consent, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.03
Divorce, see DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
Evidence of
Admissions, Minn. Statutes 2023 602.02
Cohabitation, Minn. Statutes 2023 602.02
Marriage certificates, Minn. Statutes 2023 600.20
False personation, in entering, Minn. Statutes 2023 609.83
Fees, marriage licenses, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.08
Forms, license applications, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.08
Gender-neutral language, civil marriages, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.201
Illegal marriages, violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.14
Income taxes, determination of marriage, Internal Revenue Code, Minn. Statutes 2023 289A.08
Lawsuits, right of action abolished, Minn. Statutes 2023 553.01 to 553.03
Licenses
Applications, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.02, 517.03, 517.08
Convicted persons, change of name, Minn. Statutes 2023 259.115, 259.13, 517.08, 609B.612, 609B.613
Court administrators, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 485.27
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.08
Obtaining, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.07
Required, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.01
Saint Louis County, deputy court administrator, Minn. Statutes 2023 484.44
Marital privilege of witnesses
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 595.02
Prostitution, Minn. Statutes 2023 609.326
Marriage of parents after birth of child, replacement birth records, issuance, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.218
Married persons, patients bill of rights, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.651
Missing persons, dissolution if declared dead, Minn. Statutes 2023 578.19
Null and void
Exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2023 518.01
Grounds, Minn. Statutes 2023 518.02
Irregularity of officiating person, exception, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.16
Marriages subsequent to April 26, 1941, unlawfully contracted, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.01
Prohibited marriages, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.01, 517.03, 518.01
Oaths
Court administrators, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.06
Local registrars, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.08
Parties examined, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.06, 517.08
Parent and child relationship, not dependent on marriage, Minn. Statutes 2023 257.53
Policy of state, breach of contract to marry, Minn. Statutes 2023 553.01
Premarital education, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.08
Previous marriage, null and void status, dissolution of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2023 518.01
Prohibited marriages
Contract violations, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.01
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.03
Null and void, Minn. Statutes 2023 518.01
Promise of marriage, coercion for use in prostitution, Minn. Statutes 2023 611A.80 to 611A.88
Records and record keeping
Certificates and certification, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.10, 517.13, 517.18
Licenses, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.08
Solemnization, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.10
Remarriage, see REMARRIAGE
Same sex-civil marriages, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.201
Solemnization
Court commissioners, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.04, 517.041
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.04, 517.09, 517.10
Oaths, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.06, 517.08
Parties examined, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.06, 517.08
Performing, Minn. Statutes 2023 484.62, 489.02
Religious organizations and societies, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.18
Unauthorized, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.15
Validity, irregularity of officiating person, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.16
Violations, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.14
Witnesses authorized, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.01, 517.09, 517.18
Status of spouses, separation, effect on trusts, Minn. Statutes 2023 501C.1207
Validity
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.20
Irregularity of officiating person, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.16
Venue, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.07
Violations and penalties
Ceremony, unauthorized, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.15
False personation, in entering, Minn. Statutes 2023 609.83
Licenses, violations, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.08
Solemnization, violations, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.15
Void marriages, see Null and void under this topic
Witnesses
Age requirement, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.10
Signatures on marriage certificates, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.10
Solemnization, authority, Minn. Statutes 2023 517.01, 517.09, 517.18