Full question:
Who is eligible to get married in Connecticut? Could you also tell me the related statutory provision?
- Category: Marriage
- Date:
- State: Connecticut
Answer:
Generally, if you're at least 18 years old, and not already married, then you can get married. There are a few more exceptions. For example, if you're 18 or over, but you have a legal guardian taking care of you and making decisions for you, you can't get married unless they agree to that marriage in writing. Similarly, if you're under 18, you need your parents' written consent. Even there, 16 is the yougest age the state allows.Finally, if you're too closely related, you can't get married either.Here are those statutes:
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-20a
“A person is eligible to marry if such person is:
(1) Not a party to another marriage, or a relationship that provides substantially the same rights, benefits and responsibilities as a marriage, entered into in this state or another state or jurisdiction, unless the parties to the marriage will be the same as the parties to such other relationship;
(2) Except as provided in section 46b-30, at least eighteen years of age;
(3) Except as provided in section 46b-29, not under the supervision or control of a conservator; and
(4) Not prohibited from entering into a marriage pursuant to section 46b-21.”
(1) Not a party to another marriage, or a relationship that provides substantially the same rights, benefits and responsibilities as a marriage, entered into in this state or another state or jurisdiction, unless the parties to the marriage will be the same as the parties to such other relationship;
(2) Except as provided in section 46b-30, at least eighteen years of age;
(3) Except as provided in section 46b-29, not under the supervision or control of a conservator; and
(4) Not prohibited from entering into a marriage pursuant to section 46b-21.”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-30
“Marriage of minors.
(a) No license may be issued to any applicant under sixteen years of age, unless the judge of probate for the district in which the minor resides endorses his written consent on the license.
(b) No license may be issued to any applicant under eighteen years of age, unless the written consent of a parent or guardian of the person of such minor, signed and acknowledged before a person authorized to take acknowledgments of conveyances under the provisions of section 47-5a, or authorized to take acknowledgments in any other state or country, is filed with the registrar. If no parent or guardian of the person of such minor is a resident of the United States, the written consent of the judge of probate for the district in which the minor resides, endorsed on the license, shall be sufficient.”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-29 reads:
“Marriage of persons under conservatorship.
(a) No marriage license may be issued to any applicant under the supervision or control of a conservator, appointed in accordance with sections 45a-644 to 45a-662, inclusive, unless the written consent of the conservator, signed and acknowledged before a person authorized to take acknowledgments of conveyances under the provisions of section 47-5a, or authorized to take acknowledgments in any other state or country, is filed with the registrar.
(b) Any person married without the consent provided for in subsection (a) of this section shall acquire no rights by such marriage in the property of any person who was under such control or supervision at the time of the marriage.”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-21 reads:
“Marriage of persons related by consanguinity or affinity prohibited.
No person may marry such person's parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, sibling, parent's sibling, sibling's child, stepparent or stepchild. Any marriage within these degrees is void.”
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