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By April 18, 2016, more than 9,200 same-sex couples had received marriage licenses in Cook County (from February 2014), with projections that the number of marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples would reach over 10,000 by summer 2016. The 10,000th same-sex marriage license in Cook County was issued on August 31, 2016. [81]
Chapter 2. The marriage relationship - Section 2.001. Marriage license. (a) A man and a woman desiring to enter into a ceremonial marriage must obtain a marriage license from the county clerk of any county of this state. (b) A license may not be issued for the marriage of persons of the same sex. Chapter 6.
On February 21, 2014, a federal judge authorized Cook County to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples without waiting for the Illinois statute legalizing same-sex marriage to take effect on June 1, and the county clerk began issuing licenses immediately. [21] [22]
The general marriage age (lacking authorization for an exception) is 18 years of age in all states except Nebraska, where the general marriage age is 19, and Mississippi, where the general marriage age is 21. [1] The general marriage age is commonly the age of majority, though in Alabama the general marriage age is 18 while the age of majority ...
A self-uniting marriage is one in which the couple are married without the presence of a third-party officiant.Although non-denominational, this method of getting married is sometimes referred to as a "Quaker marriage", after the marriage practice of the Religious Society of Friends, for which see Quaker wedding.
The following individuals applied for marriage licenses in January: Ashley Marie Fritter and Edward Joel Griffith. James Albert Nau and Arlene Nancy Hupp. Anna Marie Whetzel and Stephen Ryan Frost.
On February 26, a U.S. District Court struck down Texas's ban on same-sex marriage and stayed the ruling pending appeal. March 2014 - On March 4, several Illinois counties began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couple after an opinion issued by the state attorney general. This was ahead of a law scheduled to take effect statewide on June 1.
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