Section 20-1-201 – Separate Estate of Real and Personal Property; Not Subject to Control of Spouse; Exceptions.
20-1-201. Separate estate of real and personal property; not subject to control of spouse; exceptions. All property belonging to a married person as his separate property which he owns at the time of his marriage or which during marriage he acquires in good faith from any person by descent or otherwise, together with all rents, […]
Section 20-1-202 – Rights and Limitations of Married Persons Incident to the Marriage Relationship.
20-1-202. Rights and limitations of married persons incident to the marriage relationship. (a) Any married person may transfer his separate property in the same manner and to the same extent as if he were unmarried and he may make contracts and incur obligations and liabilities, all of which may be enforced against him to the […]
Section 20-1-113 – Legitimacy of Children Presumed.
20-1-113. Legitimacy of children presumed. The legitimacy of all children conceived or born during the marriage is rebuttably presumed pursuant to W.S. 14-2-504.
Section 20-1-107 – Certificate of Marriage.
20-1-107. Certificate of marriage. (a) When a marriage is solemnized, the person performing the ceremony shall give one (1) of the parties a certificate under his hand and signed by the witnesses to the marriage, specifying the names, ages and place of residence of the parties married, the names and residences of at least two […]
Section 20-1-108 – Offenses Relating to Marriage Generally.
20-1-108. Offenses relating to marriage generally. If the county clerk neglects to record a marriage certificate, or if any person performs a marriage ceremony knowing that he is not legally authorized to do so or knowing of any legal impediment to the proposed marriage, he is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by […]
Section 20-1-109 – When Marriage Solemnized by Unauthorized Person Valid.
20-1-109. When marriage solemnized by unauthorized person valid. No marriage solemnized in any manner authorized by W.S. 20-1-106, shall be deemed or adjudged to be void, nor is the validity of the marriage in any way affected because of a lack of jurisdiction or authority of the person performing the ceremony of marriage if the […]
Section 20-1-110 – Marriage Ceremony According to Rites and Customs of Religious Societies or Assemblies.
20-1-110. Marriage ceremony according to rites and customs of religious societies or assemblies. Any religious society or religious assembly may perform the ceremony of marriage in this state according to the rites and customs of the society or assembly. The clerk or keeper of the minutes, proceedings or other book of the society or assembly […]
Section 20-1-111 – Foreign Marriages.
20-1-111. Foreign marriages. All marriage contracts which are valid by the laws of the country in which contracted are valid in this state.
Section 20-1-101 – Marriage a Civil Contract.
20-1-101. Marriage a civil contract. Marriage is a civil contract between a male and a female person to which the consent of the parties capable of contracting is essential.
Section 20-1-102 – Minimum Marriageable Age; Exception; Parental Consent.
20-1-102. Minimum marriageable age; exception; parental consent. (a) At the time of marriage the parties shall be at least sixteen (16) years of age except as otherwise provided. (b) All marriages involving a person under sixteen (16) years of age are prohibited and voidable, unless before contracting the marriage a judge of a court of […]