Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

Marriage

Question:

Is a marriage license the only paper needed to have a marriage, does it have to be filed in every state or city

to be valid in every city in the U.S., are U.S. marriages valid international, can a person be married to more than

one person using different state marriage licenses, are

there additions to a marriage contract to allow disallow

lovemaking or intimacy?


Asked on 10/02/03, 1:44 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mary McDonagh McDonagh-Faherty Law Offices

Re: Marriage

Is a marriage license the only paper needed to have a marriage - yes.

does it have to be filed in every state or city to be valid in every city in the U.S. - no.

are U.S. marriages valid international - yes.

can a person be married to more than one person using different state marriage licenses - no, this is a crime, bigamy.

are there additions to a marriage contract to allow disallow lovemaking or intimacy - part of being married is having intimacy and lovemaking, these can be grounds for divorce.

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Answered on 10/02/03, 7:43 am


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