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The bill added the following section to the state's marriage statute: [23] All laws of this State applicable to marriage or married spouses or the children of married spouses, whether derived from statutes, administrative rules or regulations, court rules, governmental policies, common law, court decisions, or any other provisions or sources of ...
Delaware law permits any unmarried adult or married couple to petition a court for adoption of a child. The first second-parent adoption involving a same-sex couple occurred in October 2001. [15] Since January 2012, same-sex couples in a civil union or marriage have had the same adoption rights as opposite-sex couples. [1] [16]
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships (limited to state employees only) are both granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples. Floyd County: Employees of the county. Both opposite- and same-sex couples. [27] City of Iowa City: No residency requirement. Both opposite- and same-sex couples. [3]
Section 741.04. Marriage license issued. No county court judge or clerk of the circuit court in this state shall issue a license for the marriage of any person … unless one party is a male and the other party is a female. Section 741.212. Marriages between persons of the same sex
In the United States, the minimum age at which a person can marry, with or without parental consent or other authorization, is set by each state and territory, either by statute or where the common law applies. The general marriage age (lacking authorization for an exception) is 18 years of age in all states except Nebraska, where the general ...
A bipartisan bill to ban child marriage in Missouri won initial approval in the state Senate Wednesday afternoon. Under current law, 16 and 17-year-olds are allowed to get married with parental ...
Same-sex unions similar to marriage are provided at the local level in many jurisdictions. 2 Domestic partnerships in Washington are only available when at least one of the partners is 62 years of age or older. Laws regarding same-sex partnerships similar to marriage by state, county, and local level in the United States 1
Despite the stay, Jackson County began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples immediately following the ruling. Assessing the state of same-sex marriage litigation in December 2014, Marc Solomon of Freedom to Marry said, "Missouri is the most complex state on this issue." [2]