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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill amends provisions regarding an unsolemnized marriage.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ amends provisions regarding the requirements for validating an unsolemnized
13 marriage; and
14 ▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
15 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
16 None
17 Other Special Clauses:
18 None
19 Utah Code Sections Affected:
20 AMENDS:
21 30-1-4.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 297
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23 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
24 Section 1. Section 30-1-4.5 is amended to read:
25 30-1-4.5. Validity of marriage not solemnized.
26 (1) A marriage which is not solemnized according to this chapter shall be legal and
27 valid if a court or administrative order establishes that [
28 between a man and a woman who:
29 (a) are of legal age and capable of giving consent;
30 (b) are legally capable of entering a solemnized marriage under the provisions of this
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32 (c) have cohabited;
33 (d) mutually assume marital rights, duties, and obligations; and
34 (e) who hold themselves out as and have acquired a uniform and general reputation as
35 husband and wife.
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38 in Subsection (1), or within one year following the termination of that relationship.
39 (b) Evidence of a marriage recognizable under this section may be manifested in any
40 form, and may be proved under the same general rules of evidence as facts in other cases.