Pennsylvania Act 1993-79 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS (23 PA.C.S.) - AMEND MARRIAGE LICENSE

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DOMESTIC RELATIONS (23 PA.C.S.) - AMEND MARRIAGE LICENSE
                  Act of Dec. 22, 1993, P.L. 555, No. 79              Cl. 23
                             Session of 1993
                               No. 1993-79

     HB 1432

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
        Consolidated Statutes, further providing for application for
        license and for restrictions on the issuance of a marriage
        license.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Sections 1302 and 1304(b) of Title 23 of the
     Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
      § 1302.  Application for license.
        (a)  General rule.--No marriage license shall be issued
     except upon written and verified application made by both of the
     parties intending to marry.
        (b)  Contents.--The application shall contain the following:
            (1)  The full name of the applicants.
            (2)  The [race,] occupation, birthplace, residence and
        age of the applicants.
            (3)  Whether the marriage contemplated is the first,
        second or other marriage of an applicant.
            (4)  A statement that neither of the applicants is
        afflicted with transmissible disease.
            (5)  The full name, residence, [race,] occupation and
        birthplace of the parents of each applicant, including the
        maiden name of the mother of each applicant.
            (6)  Any other facts necessary to determine whether a
        legal impediment to the proposed marriage exists.
      § 1304.  Restrictions on issuance of license.
        * * *
        (b)  Minors.--
            (1)  No marriage license may be issued if either of the
        applicants for a license is under 16 years of age unless the
        court decides that it is to the best interest of the
        applicant and authorizes the issuance of the license.
            (2)  No marriage license may be issued if either of the
        applicants is under 18 years of age unless the consent of [a]
        the custodial parent or guardian of the applicant is
        personally given before the person issuing the license or is
        certified under the hand of [a] the custodial parent or
        guardian attested by two adult witnesses and, in the latter
        case, the signature of the custodial parent or guardian is
        acknowledged before an officer authorized by law to take
        acknowledgments. When the minor has no guardian and a judge
        of the court is absent or not accessible for any reason, the
        office issuing the license may appoint a guardian pro hac
        vice for the minor.
        * * *
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 22nd day of December, A. D. 1993.

     ROBERT P. CASEY