New Jersey Revised Statutes Title 37 - Marriages And Married Persons

• Section 37:1-1 - Certain Marriages Or Civil Unions Prohibited.
  37:1-1. Certain marriages or civil unions prohibited. a.A man shall not marry or enter into a civil union with any of his ancestors or...
• Section 37:1-2 - Necessity Of Marriage Or Civil Union License; "Licensing Officer" Defined.
  37:1-2. Necessity of marriage or civil union license; "licensing officer" defined. Before a marriage or a civil union can be lawfully performed in this...
• Section 37:1-3 - Where Marriage Or Civil Union License To Be Obtained.
  37:1-3. Where marriage or civil union license to be obtained. The marriage or civil union license shall be issued by the licensing officer in...
• Section 37:1-4 - Issuance Of Marriage Or Civil Union License, Emergencies, Validity.
  37:1-4. Issuance of marriage or civil union license, emergencies, validity. Except as provided in R.S.37:1-6, the marriage or civil union license shall not be...
• Section 37:1-6 - Consent For Minors; Requirements.
  37:1-6. A marriage or civil union license shall not be issued to a minor under the age of 18 years, unless the parents or...
• Section 37:1-7 - Issuing Of License; Remarriage Or Reaffirming A Civil Union.
  37:1-7. Issuing of license; remarriage or reaffirming a civil union. The licensing officer is hereby empowered to issue marriage or civil union licenses to...
• Section 37:1-8 - Testimony Under Oath By Applicants As To Legality Of Proposed Marriage Or Civil Union; Witnesses; Perjury.
  37:1-8. Testimony under oath by applicants as to legality of proposed marriage or civil union; witnesses; perjury. A licensing officer shall, before issuing a...
• Section 37:1-9 - When Issuance Of License Prohibited.
  37:1-9. No marriage license shall be issued when, at the time of making an application therefor, either applicant is a person currently adjudicated incapacitated....
• Section 37:1-10 - Common Law And Other Marriages Without License; Validity
  Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed or taken to render any common law or other marriage, otherwise lawful, contracted before December first, nineteen...
• Section 37:1-11 - Illegal Issuance Of License A Disorderly Persons Offense.
  37:1-11. Illegal issuance of license a disorderly persons offense. Any licensing officer who issues a marriage or civil union license except as provided in...
• Section 37:1-12 - Fees; Disposition In Cities Of First Class.
  37:1-12. Fees; disposition in cities of first class. For issuing a marriage or civil union license, the licensing officer shall be entitled to receive...
• Section 37:1-12.1 - Additional Fee.
  1.In addition to the fee for issuing a marriage or civil union license authorized pursuant to R.S.37:1-12, each licensing officer shall collect a fee...
• Section 37:1-12.2 - Trust Fund To Aid Victims Of Domestic Violence.
  2.The Department of Human Services shall establish a trust fund for the deposit of the fees received pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1981, c.382...
• Section 37:1-12.3 - Rules And Regulations
  The Commissioner of the Department of Human Services shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement this act. L.1981,...
• Section 37:1-13 - Authorization To Solemnize Marriages And Civil Unions.
  37:1-13. a. Authorization to solemnize marriages and civil unions. Each judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, each judge...
• Section 37:1-13.1 - Marriages Solemnized By Municipal Magistrate Or Magistrate Of Municipal Court; Validation
  All marriages heretofore solemnized by any municipal magistrate or magistrate of the municipal court who was not at the time of such solemnization authorized...
• Section 37:1-13.2 - Marriages Solemnized By Judge Of Court Of Record; Validation
  All marriages heretofore solemnized by any judge of a court of record in this State, who was not at the time of such solemnization...
• Section 37:1-14 - Certain Marriages Validated
  All marriages performed prior to March twenty-seventh, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, by a minister of any religion other than a stated or...
• Section 37:1-15 - Solemnizing Without Presentation Of License; Disorderly Persons Offense.
  Any person, not authorized by R.S.37:1-13 to solemnize marriages or civil unions, who solemnizes a marriage or civil union or any person or religious...
• Section 37:1-16 - Interrogation Of Applicants Under Oath; Perjury.
  37:1-16. Interrogation of applicants under oath; perjury. Any person authorized to solemnize marriages or civil unions may administer oaths to the parties applying to...
• Section 37:1-17 - Marriage Or Civil Union License; Information Provided.
  37:1-17. Marriage or civil union license; information provided. On the marriage or civil union license shall be the form for the certificate of marriage...
• Section 37:1-17.1 - License And Certificate Of Marriage Or Civil Union; Transmittal.
  2.License and certificate of marriage or civil union; transmittal. The license and the original certificate shall be transmitted pursuant to R.S.26:8-41. One copy of...
• Section 37:1-17.2 - Delayed Reports; Filing; Contents; Affidavits; Evidence.
  3.Delayed reports; filing; contents; affidavits; evidence. Any marriage or civil union which has occurred or which may hereafter occur and which is not recorded...
• Section 37:1-17.3 - Entry Into Marriage, Civil Union By Proxy Under Certain Conditions.
  7.A member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard who is stationed overseas and serving in a conflict or...
• Section 37:1-18 - Penalty For False Certificate.
  37:1-18. Penalty for false certificate. Any person, religious society, institution or organization authorized to solemnize marriages or civil unions, who makes any false certificate...
• Section 37:1-19 - Penalty; How Recovered.
  37:1-19. Penalty; how recovered. Any penalty incurred under any of the provisions of this article may be recovered with costs, in an action at...
• Section 37:1-27 - Tests; Information; Distribution By Issuer Of Marriage Or Civil Union Licenses.
  1.Tests; information; distribution by issuer of marriage or civil union licenses. A licensing officer or other person issuing marriage or civil union licenses shall...
• Section 37:1-28 - Findings, Declarations Concerning Civil Unions.
  1.The Legislature finds and declares that: a.Same-sex couples in New Jersey live together in committed relationships without the benefits and rights afforded to heterosexual...
• Section 37:1-29 - Definitions Relative To Civil Unions.
  2.As used in this act: "Civil union couple" means two persons who have established a civil union pursuant to this act. "Civil union license...
• Section 37:1-30 - Requirements To Establish A Civil Union.
  3.For two persons to establish a civil union in this State, it shall be necessary that they satisfy all of the following criteria: a.Not...
• Section 37:1-31 - Legal Benefits, Protections, Responsibilities Of Civil Union Couples Equal To Those Of Married Couples.
  4. a. Civil union couples shall have all of the same benefits, protections and responsibilities under law, whether they derive from statute, administrative or...
• Section 37:1-32 - Legal Benefits, Protections, Responsibilities Of Spouses Which Apply In Like Manner To Civil Union Couples; List Not Exclusive.
  5.The following list of legal benefits, protections and responsibilities of spouses shall apply in like manner to civil union couples, but shall not be...
• Section 37:1-33 - References To Marital Or Spousal Relationships To Include Civil Unions.
  92.Whenever in any law, rule, regulation, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to "marriage," "husband," "wife," "spouse," "family," "immediate family," "dependent,"...
• Section 37:1-34 - Validity Of Civil Unions Entered Into In Foreign Jurisdictions.
  95.A civil union relationship entered into outside of this State, which is valid under the laws of the jurisdiction under which the civil union...
• Section 37:1-35 - Rules And Regulations; Guidance On Replying To Form Questions.
  93.The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services in consultation with the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure...
• Section 37:1-36 - New Jersey Civil Union Review Commission, Establishment; Membership; Duties; Reports; Expiration.
  94. a. There is hereby established the New Jersey Civil Union Review Commission commencing on the effective date of P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.)....
• Section 37:2-30 - Minor Spouses; Authority To Join Adult Spouse In Transfer Of Realty
  Any deed of conveyance or mortgage executed and acknowledged by an adult married person in conjunction with his or her minor spouse, if 17...
• Section 37:2-31 - Short Title.
  37:2-31. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Premarital and Pre-Civil Union Agreement Act." Source: New. L.1988, c.99, amended...
• Section 37:2-32 - Definitions.
  37:2-32. As used in this article: a."Premarital or pre-civil union agreement" means an agreement between prospective spouses or partners in a civil union couple...
• Section 37:2-33 - Formalties; Consideration.
  37:2-33. Formalities; consideration. A premarital or pre-civil union agreement shall be in writing, with a statement of assets annexed thereto, signed by both parties,...
• Section 37:2-34 - Contents Of Premarital Or Pre-civil Union Agreement.
  37:2-34. Contents of premarital or pre-civil union agreement. Parties to a premarital or pre-civil union agreement may contract with respect to: a.The rights and...
• Section 37:2-35 - Premarital Or Pre-civil Union Agreement Not To Adversely Affect Right Of Child Support.
  37:2-35. Premarital or pre-civil union agreement not to adversely affect right of child support. A premarital or pre-civil union agreement shall not adversely affect...
• Section 37:2-36 - When Premarital Or Pre-civil Union Agreement Becomes Effective.
  37:2-36. When premarital or pre-civil union agreement becomes effective. A premarital or pre-civil union agreement becomes effective upon marriage of the parties or upon...
• Section 37:2-37 - Amendment Or Revocation Of Premarital Or Pre-civil Union Agreement.
  37:2-37. Amendment or revocation of premarital or pre-civil union agreement. After marriage of the parties or the parties establishing a civil union, a premarital...
• Section 37:2-38 - Enforcement Of Premarital Or Pre-civil Union Agreement; Generally.
  37:2-38. Enforcement of premarital or pre-civil union agreement; generally. The burden of proof to set aside a premarital or pre-civil union agreement shall be...
• Section 37:2-39 - Enforcement Of Premarital Or Pre-civil Union Agreement; Marriage Or Civil Union Determined Void.
  37:2-39. Enforcement of premarital or pre-civil union agreement; marriage or civil union determined void. If a marriage or civil union is determined to be...
• Section 37:2-40 - Construction Of Article.
  37:2-40. Construction of article. a.This article shall be construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject...
• Section 37:2-41 - Application Of Article.
  37:2-41. Application of article. This article shall apply to premarital agreements executed on and after its effective date. This article as amended by P.L.2006,...

Last modified: October 11, 2016