30-1-33. Conformity to master plan for counseling as prerequisite to marriage
license -- Exceptions.
Whenever the board of commissioners of a county has adopted a master plan for
premarital counseling no resident of the county may obtain a marriage license without conforming
to the plan, except that:
(1) Any person who applies for a marriage license shall have the right to secure the
license and to marry notwithstanding their failure to conform to the required premarital
counseling or their failure to obtain a certificate of authorization from the premarital counseling
board if they wait six months from the date of application for issuance of the license.
(2) This act shall not apply to any application for a marriage license where both parties
are at least 19 years of age and neither has been previously divorced.
(3) This act shall not apply to any application for a marriage license unless both
applicants have physically resided in the state of Utah for 60 days immediately preceding their
application.
(4) Premarital counseling required by this act shall be deemed fulfilled if the applicants
present a certificate verified by a clergyman that the applicants have completed a course of
premarital counseling approved by his church and given by or under the supervision of the
clergyman.
Enacted by Chapter 64, 1971 General Session
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