General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6242
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1806
*01806*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. BARAM, 15th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6242
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1806
*01806*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. BARAM, 15th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE VALIDITY OF MARRIAGES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 815e of the general statutes be amended to provide that the public policy of the state of Connecticut shall be that all marriages are presumed valid and that no marriage shall be held to be invalid or bigamous, based on a jurisdictional defect in a prior divorce of the one of the parties.
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure the validity of a marriage entered into by persons previously divorced in another state or country.