MARRIAGE

Question 1

List the 4 requirements

Answer 1

1. License
2. Ceremony with Authorised Officiant
3. No legal impediment to Marriage
4. Capacity to consent

Question 2

List the 3 common law requirements for marriage

Answer 2

1. Consent to marry
2. Cohabitation
3. Couple is holding themselves out publicly as as spouses

Common marriage has been abolished in many Jurisidictions

No license or ceremony is required here.

Question 3

What is a marriage by estoppel?

Answer 3

Equitable remedy that some states use to protect an innocent party who acted in good faith when entering into an invalid marriage.

Also called putative marriage