Marriage

Question 1

Requirements

Answer 1

(1) License
(2) Ceremony w/authorized officiants
(3) NO Legal Impediments to marriage:
- Can’t be too closely related
- Can’t already be married to someone else (bigamy)
(4) Capacity to Consent

Question 2

Common Law Marriage

Answer 2

Generally 3 Req. =

(1) Consent to Marriage
(2) Co-Habit
(3) Holding yourself out publicly as husband and wife

Question 3

Marriage by Estoppel or Putative Marriage

Answer 3

Equitable remedy that may be given by some courts to the innocent party who acted in good faith when entering an invalid marriage