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765. Marriage.
765.01 A civil contract.
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WI Stat § 765.01 (2015)
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765.01 A civil contract. Marriage, so far as its validity at law is concerned, is a civil contract, to which the consent of the parties capable in law of contracting is essential, and which creates the legal status of husband and wife.
History: 1979 c. 32 s. 48; Stats. 1979 s. 765.01.
Same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry in all states. The right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of the person, and under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the 14th amendment couples of the same-sex may not be deprived of that right and that liberty. Obergefell v. Hodges 576 U. S. ___, 135 S. Ct. 2071, 191 L. Ed. 2d 953 (2015).
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