Utah Code 30-1-33. Conformity to master plan for counseling as prerequisite to marriage license — Exceptions
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Whenever the board of commissioners of a county has adopted a master plan for premarital counseling no resident of the county may obtain a marriage license without conforming to the plan, except that:
(1) | Any person who applies for a marriage license shall have the right to secure the license and to marry notwithstanding their failure to conform to the required premarital counseling or their failure to obtain a certificate of authorization from the premarital counseling board if they wait six months from the date of application for issuance of the license. |
(2) | This chapter does not apply to any application for a marriage license where both parties are at least 19 years of age and neither has been previously divorced. |
(3) | This chapter does not apply to any application for a marriage license unless both applicants have physically resided in Utah for 60 days immediately preceding their application. |
(4) | Premarital counseling required by this act shall be considered fulfilled if the applicants present a certificate verified by a clergyman that the applicants have completed a course of premarital counseling approved by a church and given by or under the supervision of the clergyman. |
Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session