Introduced Version






SENATE BILL No. 88

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 31-11-6-1.

Synopsis: Acts to solemnize a marriage. Allows any person to conduct or participate in conducting a marriage ceremony. Provides that only certain persons may solemnize a marriage by witnessing the marriage ceremony and completing and signing the marriage certificate.

Effective: July 1, 2009.





Miller




    January 7, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce, Public Policy & Interstate Cooperation.







Introduced

First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)


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SENATE BILL No. 88



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 31-11-6-1; (09)IN0088.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 31-11-6-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 1. (a) Marriages may be solemnized by any of the following:
        (1) A member of the clergy of a religious organization (even if the cleric does not perform religious functions for an individual congregation), such as a minister of the gospel, a priest, a bishop, an archbishop, or a rabbi.
        (2) A judge.
        (3) A mayor, within the mayor's county.
        (4) A clerk or a clerk-treasurer of a city or town, within a county in which the city or town is located.
        (5) A clerk of the circuit court.
        (6) The Friends Church, in accordance with the rules of the Friends Church.
        (7) The German Baptists, in accordance with the rules of their society.
        (8) The Bahai faith, in accordance with the rules of the Bahai

faith.
        (9) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in accordance with the rules of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
        (10) An imam of a masjid (mosque), in accordance with the rules of the religion of Islam.
     (b) Any person may conduct or participate in conducting a marriage ceremony. However, a marriage may be solemnized only by a person listed in subsection (a) who:
        (1) witnesses the marriage ceremony; and
        (2) completes and signs a marriage certificate described under IC 31-11-4-15.