SB69 Alabama 2019 Session

Under existing law, marriage licenses are issued by the judge of probate and the marriage is required to be solemnized by a person authorized to perform marriages.

This bill establishes the procedure for two people to enter into a marriage and requires the recording of the marriage with the judge of probate.

This bill would require the judge of probate to transmit each recorded marriage received by the judge of probate during the preceding calendar month to the Office of Vital Statistics on or before the fifth day of the following calendar month.

This bill would eliminate the requirement of marriage licenses.

This bill would provide that the two parties desiring to enter into a marriage must record certain affidavits, forms, and data regarding the parties entering into the marriage with the judge of probate.

This bill would provide that it shall be the responsibility of the two parties entering into the marriage to record the required documentation with the judge of probate. This bill would specify that the judge of probate would have no authority to reject any recording of a marriage, so long as the affidavits, forms, and data are provided.

This bill would provide that a religious, civil, or independent ceremony of marriage, or other officiation, or administration of marital vows may be conducted or engaged in by the parties.

The bill would eliminate the requirement for solemnization of a marriage for it to be considered valid.

To amend Sections 22-9A-17, 30-1-5, 30-1-12, and 30-1-16 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to abolish the requirement that a marriage license be issued by the judge of probate and replace existing state statutory marriage law; to provide that a marriage would be entered into by two parties; to provide that the judge of probate would record each marriage presented to the probate court for recording and would forward the document to the Office of Vital Statistics; to provide for the content of a properly formed marriage; and to repeal Sections 30-1-9, 30-1-10, 30-1-11, 30-1-13, and 30-1-14 of the Code of Alabama 1975.