(a) Upon a form to be provided by the clerk, the parties may apply to the Superior Court for a license to contract a vesper marriage. The application form shall contain the following statements:
(1) That each of the parties has attained the age of sixty years;
(2) That each of the parties is free to marry and is not married to any other living person, and
(3) That each party acknowledges that, upon contracting a vesper marriage, he or she forever renounces all right, interest and claim of right or interest in the estate of his or her intended spouse except as herein provided.
(b) Each of the parties applicant shall execute the application in the presence of the clerk or his deputy and shall acknowledge before such officer that he or she does so freely and with full understanding of the content of the application.
(c) If satisfied that the parties are legally competent to be married, a judge of the Superior Court shall issue, upon payment of a fee of $50.00 by the applicant, a license authorizing any qualified officer to perform the marriage ceremony and issue a Certificate of Vesper Marriage.