Sec. 3101.01. (A) Male persons of the age of eighteen years, | 11 |
and female persons of the age of sixteen years, not nearer of kin | 12 |
than second cousins, and not having a husband or wife living, may | 13 |
be joined in marriage.
A marriage may only be entered into by one | 14 |
man and one woman. A minor
mustshall first obtain the
consent of | 15 |
the minor's parents, surviving parent, parent who is
designated | 16 |
the
residential parent and legal custodian of the
childminor by a | 17 |
court of
competent jurisdiction, guardian, or
any one
of
the | 18 |
following who has been awarded permanent custody of the
minor by a | 19 |
court
exercising juvenile jurisdiction: | 20 |
A(B)For the purposes of division (A) of this section, a | 25 |
minor shall not be required to obtain the consent of a
parent who | 26 |
resides in a foreign country, has neglected or
abandoned
suchthe | 27 |
minor for a period of one year or longer
immediately preceding the | 28 |
minor's application for a marriage
license, has
been adjudged | 29 |
incompetent, is an inmate of a state mental or
correctional | 30 |
institution, has been permanently deprived of parental
rights and | 31 |
responsibilities for the care of the
childminor and the
right to | 32 |
have the
childminor live with the parent and to be the
legal | 33 |
custodian of the
childminor by a court exercising juvenile | 34 |
jurisdiction, or has been deprived of parental rights and | 35 |
responsibilities for the care of the
childminor and the right to | 36 |
have
the
childminor live with the parent and to be the legal | 37 |
custodian
of the
childminor by the appointment of a guardian of | 38 |
the person of the minor
by the probate court or by
any other | 39 |
another court of competent
jurisdiction. | 40 |
(3) The recognition or extension of the specific statutory | 51 |
benefits of
a legal
marriage to nonmarital relationships between | 52 |
persons of
the same
sex or different sexes is against the strong | 53 |
public
policy of this
state. Any public act, record, or judicial | 54 |
proceeding of this
state, as defined in section 9.82 of the | 55 |
Revised Code that extends the specific statutory benefits of
legal | 56 |
marriage to nonmarital
relationships between persons of the
same | 57 |
sex or different sexes
is void ab initio. Nothing in
division | 58 |
(C)(3) of this section prohibits the extension of
specific | 59 |
benefits otherwise enjoyed by all persons, married or
unmarried, | 60 |
to nonmarital relationships between persons of the same
sex or | 61 |
different sexes. | 62 |
(B) The General Assembly declares its intent to define | 77 |
marriage and clarify that relationships that are intended as | 78 |
substitutes for marriage, including but not limited to
"civil | 79 |
unions" as provided for in 15 V.S.A.
§1202 (2000), will not be | 80 |
recognized in this state. It is not the intent of the General | 81 |
Assembly to prohibit the extension of specific
benefits
otherwise | 82 |
enjoyed by all persons, married or unmarried,
to
relationships | 83 |
between persons of the same sex or
different sexes. | 84 |