SB427 Alabama 2016 Session
Updated Jul 24, 2021
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Rodger SmithermanSenatorDemocrat- Session
- Regular Session 2016
- Title
- Common law marriage, abolished, on or after January 1, 2017, prior marriages recognized
- Description
Under existing case law, a common-law marriage may be recognized as valid in Alabama if certain conditions are met.
This bill would provide that a common-law marriage may not be entered into in this state after January 1, 2017. This bill would also provide that an otherwise valid common-law marriage entered into before January 1, 2017, would continue to be valid.
- Subjects
- Marriage
Bill Actions
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Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature