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Section
19-3-1

Prerequisites to Valid Marriage

Section
19-3-1.1

Common-Law Marriage; Effectiveness

Section
19-3-2

Who May Contract Marriage; Emancipation Requirement; Minimum Age for Marriage

Section
19-3-3

Degrees of Relationship Within Which Intermarriage Prohibited; Penalty; Effect of Prohibited Marriage

Section
19-3-3.1

Marriages Between Persons of Same Sex Prohibited; Marriages Not Recognized

Section
19-3-4

Nature of Consent Required

Section
19-3-5

What Marriages Void; Legitimacy of Issue; Effect of Later Ratification

Section
19-3-6

Effect of Restraints on Marriage; When Valid

Section
19-3-7

Contracts Attempting to Force Marriage Void

Section
19-3-8

Interspousal Tort Immunity Continued

Section
19-3-9

Each Spouse's Property Separate

Section
19-3-10

Right of Married Persons to Contract; Presumptions

Section
19-3-11

Gift From Spouse Allowed, but Not Presumed