FMSC 487 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Spousal Privilege, Coldplay, Stamen
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Proxy marriage: 2 people go thru valid marriage even tho they are both in diff. jurisdiction. Achieving marital status: getting a license and return it only requirement, the only government involvement couple must obtain license and return to same location to make it official. Void from beginning; eg. bigamy, incest, etc. Voidable deemed valid unless set aside through thru annulment. Annulment a declaration of invalidity declares that a marriage never existed b/c of a legal impediment at ceremony/inception of marriage: minimum age requirement, east state sets the age to marry. Most are 18, some as low as 13 with parent consent. Matthew koso, rapist or husband and father: he"s 22 and he gets a 14-year-old girl crystal pregnant in nebraska. Mother consent: get married and kansas because it"s legal so when they return home, he is charged with pedophile/statutory rape. Is normal intelligence the standard: was the person fully capacitated (effects of drugs, alcohol)