Formula Not Required
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Law
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Tennessee Code
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Domestic Relations
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Marriage
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Ceremony
- Formula Not Required
- No formula need be observed in such solemnization, except that the parties shall respectively declare, in the presence of the minister or officer, that they accept each other as husband and/or wife.
- For the purposes of satisfying the requirement in subsection (a) that each party must make a declaration in the presence of a minister or officer, a member of the armed forces of the United States may appear at the marriage ceremony via video conferencing if:
- The member of the armed forces is stationed in another country in support of combat or another military operation;
- A commissioned officer is present with, and confirms the identity of, the member of the armed forces;
- A person authorized to solemnize marriages pursuant to § 36-3-301 is present with, and confirms the identity of, the person who is marrying the member of the armed forces; and
- The person who is marrying the member of the armed forces is present in this state.
Code 1858, § 2440; Shan., § 4190; Code 1932, § 8413; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-416; Acts 2017, ch. 397, § 2.
Amendments. The 2017 amendment added (b).
Effective Dates. Acts 2017, ch. 397, § 3. May 18, 2017.
Law Reviews.
Common-Law Marriage in Tennessee, 19 Tenn. L. Rev. 83 (1947).
Informal Marriages in Tennessee — Marriage by Estoppel, by Prescription and by Ratification, 3 Vand. L. Rev. 610 (1950).
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