2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 46b - Family Law
Chapter 815e - Marriage
Section 46b-22a - Validation of marriages performed by unauthorized justice of the peace or family support referee.

(a) All marriages celebrated before June 6, 2014, otherwise valid except that the justice of the peace joining such persons in marriage did not have a valid certificate of qualification, are validated, provided the justice of the peace who joined such persons in marriage represented himself or herself to be a duly qualified justice of the peace and such persons reasonably relied upon such representation.

(b) All marriages celebrated before June 24, 2015, otherwise valid except that the family support referee joining such persons in marriage did not have explicit statutory authority to solemnize marriages in this state, are validated, provided the family support referee who joined such persons in marriage represented himself or herself to be a duly qualified family support referee and such persons reasonably relied upon such representation.

(P.A. 82-166, S. 1, 4; P.A. 84-171, S. 1, 7; P.A. 85-83, S. 1, 2; P.A. 87-587, S. 13, 18; P.A. 89-4, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-12, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-87, S. 1, 3; P.A. 95-6, S. 1, 3; P.A. 96-258, S. 4, 5; P.A. 97-10, S. 1, 3; P.A. 99-20, S. 1, 3; P.A. 01-4, S. 1, 3; P.A. 02-71, S. 3; P.A. 03-238, S. 1; P.A. 06-195, S. 18; P.A. 14-146, S. 3; P.A. 15-85, S. 5.)

History: P.A. 84-171 changed applicable date from May 17, 1982, to March 13, 1984; P.A. 85-83 changed applicable date from March 13, 1984, to April 29, 1985; P.A. 87-587 changed applicable date from April 29, 1985, to April 19, 1987; P.A. 89-4 changed applicable date from April 19, 1987, to March 13, 1989; P.A. 91-12 changed “March 13, 1989” to “March 28, 1991”; P.A. 93-87 changed applicable date from March 28, 1991, to June 2, 1993, effective June 2, 1993; P.A. 95-6 changed applicable date from June 2, 1993, to April 13, 1995, effective April 13, 1995; P.A. 96-258 changed applicable date from April 13, 1995, to June 10, 1996, effective June 10, 1996; P.A. 97-10 changed applicable date from June 10, 1996, to April 18, 1997, effective April 18, 1997; P.A. 99-20 changed applicable date from April 18, 1997, to May 12, 1999, effective May 12, 1999; P.A. 01-4 changed applicable date from May 12, 1999, to April 27, 2001, effective April 27, 2001; P.A. 02-71 changed applicable date from “before April 27, 2001,” to “on and after April 27, 2001, and before June 3, 2002,”, effective June 3, 2002; P.A. 03-238 changed applicable date from “on and after April 27, 2001, and before June 3, 2002,” to “before July 9, 2003,” and made validation subject to condition that the justice of the peace represented himself or herself to be a duly qualified justice of the peace and that the persons joined in marriage reasonably relied upon such representation, effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 06-195 made a technical change and changed applicable date from July 9, 2003, to June 7, 2006, effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 14-146 changed applicable date from June 7, 2006, to June 6, 2014, effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 15-85 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re validation of marriages celebrated before June 24, 2015, by a family support referee, effective June 24, 2015.