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(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. Suit for dissolution of marriage - Section 6.204. Recognition of same-sex marriage of union.
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]
[40] [41] The president of the Pennsylvania Family Institute decried the court ruling, "What Judge Jones has done is extralegal, going beyond what the law or the constitution requires and the fact that he is allowing, or apparently allowing, same-sex marriage licenses to be distributed immediately undermines the Democratic process." The ACLU ...
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
Professional License Lookup Mobile App Now Available in Delaware DOVER, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Delawareans can now review the license status of doctors, accountants, realtors, plumbers ...
Marriage in the United States is a legal, social, and religious institution. The marriage age is set by each state and territory, either by statute or the common law applies. . An individual may marry without parental consent or other authorization on reaching 18 years of age in all states except in Nebraska (where the general marriage age is 19) and Mississippi (where the general marriage age ...
Kentucky's new governor ordered county clerks' names removed from state marriage license forms at the center of a controversy involving Kim Davis.