§ 51-3 – Want of capacity; void and voidable marriages.
51-3. Want of capacity; void and voidable marriages. All marriages between any two persons nearer of kin than first cousins, or between double first cousins, or between a male person under 16 years of age and any female, or between a female person under 16 years of age and any male, or between persons either […]
§ 51-3.1 – Interracial marriages validated.
51-3.1. Interracial marriages validated. All interracial marriages that were declared void by statute or a court of competent jurisdiction prior to March 24, 1977, are hereby validated. The parties to such interracial marriages are deemed to be lawfully married, provided that the provisions of this Chapter have been complied with. (1977, c. 107, s. 2.)
§ 51-3.2 – Marriage licensed and solemnized by a federally recognized Indian Nation or Tribe.
51-3.2. Marriage licensed and solemnized by a federally recognized Indian Nation or Tribe. (a) Subject to the restriction provided in subsection (b), a marriage between a man and a woman licensed and solemnized according to the law of a federally recognized Indian Nation or Tribe shall be valid and the parties to the marriage shall […]
§ 51-4 – Prohibited degrees of kinship.
51-4. Prohibited degrees of kinship. When the degree of kinship is estimated with a view to ascertain the right of kinspeople to marry, the half-blood shall be counted as the whole-blood: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to invalidate any marriage heretofore contracted in case where by counting the half-blood as […]
§ 51-5 – Marriages between slaves validated.
51-5. Marriages between slaves validated. Persons, both or one of whom were formerly slaves, who have complied with the provisions of section five, Chapter 40, of the acts of the General Assembly, ratified March 10, 1866, shall be deemed to have been lawfully married. (1866, c. 40, s. 5; Code, s. 1842; Rev., s. 2085; […]
§ 51-5.5 – Recusal of certain public officials.
51-5.5. Recusal of certain public officials. (a) Every magistrate has the right to recuse from performing all lawful marriages under this Chapter based upon any sincerely held religious objection. Such recusal shall be upon notice to the chief district court judge and is in effect for at least six months from the time delivered to […]
§ 51-6 – Solemnization without license unlawful.
51-6. Solemnization without license unlawful. No minister, officer, or any other person authorized to solemnize a marriage under the laws of this State shall perform a ceremony of marriage between a man and woman, or shall declare them to be husband and wife, until there is delivered to that person a license for the marriage […]
§ 51-7 – Penalty for solemnizing without license.
51-7. Penalty for solemnizing without license. Every minister, officer, or any other person authorized to solemnize a marriage under the laws of this State, who marries any couple without a license being first delivered to that person, as required by law, or after the expiration of such license, or who fails to return such license […]
§ 51-2.1 – Marriage of certain underage parties.
51-2.1. Marriage of certain underage parties. (a) A district court judge may issue an order authorizing a marriage between a person over 16 years of age and under 18 years of age, to a person no more than four years older under this section only upon finding as fact and concluding as a matter of […]
§ 51-2.2 – Parent includes adoptive parent.
51-2.2. Parent includes adoptive parent. As used in this Article, the terms "parent", "father", or "mother" includes one who has become a parent, father, or mother, respectively, by adoption. (2001-62, s. 4.)