Indiana Code 31-11-4-0.3. Legalization of court orders relating to certain marriages; issuance of duplicate license; Indiana department of health shall accept order
(1) an individual who solemnized a marriage failed to appropriately complete the marriage certificate or timely file the duplicate marriage certificate and marriage license with the clerk as required by IC 31-7-3-15 (before its repeal, now codified at section 16 of this chapter);
Terms Used In Indiana Code 31-11-4-0.3
- Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(3) the court issued an order affirming the marriage as of the date the marriage occurred;
the court order is legalized and has the same legal effect as a properly attested and filed marriage certificate.
(b) If the clerk of the court receives a court order affirming the marriage described in subsection (a), the clerk of the court shall issue a duplicate license with the date the marriage occurred to the party who sought declaratory relief.
(c) The Indiana department of health shall accept the order described in subsection (a) as it accepts other marriage records received from county clerks.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.490. Amended by P.L.56-2023, SEC.251.