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2011 Idaho Code
TITLE 32 DOMESTIC RELATIONS
CHAPTER 2 MARRIAGE -- NATURE AND VALIDITY OF MARRIAGE CONTRACT
32-201 WHAT CONSTITUTES MARRIAGE -- NO COMMON-LAW MARRIAGE AFTER JANUARY 1, 1996.

Universal Citation:
ID Code § 32-201 (2011 through Reg Sess)
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TITLE 32

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

CHAPTER 2

MARRIAGE -- NATURE AND VALIDITY OF MARRIAGE CONTRACT

32-201. What constitutes marriage -- No common-law marriage after January 1, 1996. (1) Marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between a man and a woman, to which the consent of parties capable of making it is necessary. Consent alone will not constitute marriage; it must be followed by the issuance of a license and a solemnization as authorized and provided by law. Marriage created by a mutual assumption of marital rights, duties or obligations shall not be recognized as a lawful marriage.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section requiring the issuance of a license and a solemnization shall not invalidate any marriage contract in effect prior to January 1, 1996, created by consenting parties through a mutual assumption of marital rights, duties or obligations.

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