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HB0261 • 2005

Common law marriages.

AN ACT relating to marriage; providing for recognition of common law marriages; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Esquibel
Last action
2005-03-03
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2005-03-03 Wyoming Legislature

    Died In Committee

  2. 2005-01-24 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H09; No Report Prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2005-01-19 House

    H Received for Introduction

  4. 2005-01-18 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2005
STATE OF WYOMING
05LSO-0409

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0261

Common law marriages.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Esquibel, Diercks and Walsh and Senator(s) Job

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to marriage; providing for recognition of common law marriages; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 20
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114 is created to read:

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114. Validity of common law marriage.

A common law marriage between one (1) man and one (1) woman, created by consenting parties through a mutual assumption of marital rights, duties and obligations shall be recognized as a valid marriage under this chapter.

Section 2.
W.S. 20
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103 by creating a new subsection (d) is amended to read:

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103.

License; required.

(d)

Nothing in this section shall be deemed to repeal or render invalid any otherwise valid common law marriage between one (1) man and one (1) woman.

Section 3.
This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
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tion.

(END)

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