Bill Text: CT HB05314 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Validation Of Marriages.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-18 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HB05314 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05314-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5314

 

January Session, 2011

 

LCO No. 35

   

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. BARAM, 15th Dist.

REP. SAYERS, 60th Dist.

SEN. BYE, 5th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING THE VALIDATION OF MARRIAGES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 815e of the general statutes be amended to establish a process for validating a marriage that was celebrated in this state in reliance on a divorce in another jurisdiction when the divorce is subject to a procedural defect.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish a process for validating a marriage in this state when a party to the marriage was a party to a divorce in another jurisdiction and the divorce was subject to a procedural defect.

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