387 So. 2d 761 - Smith v. Weir’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

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1. “show where each party to the prior marriage had resided up to the time of the second marriage, and then [ ] procure from the clerk of the proper court in each such county a certificate of search showing that no divorce or annulment had been granted by the court of which he is clerk.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Apfel

2. “The presumption of its validity is so strong that proof of a former subsisting marriage, in order to be sufficient to overcome this presumption, must be so cogent and conclusive as to fairly preclude any other result.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 724 So. 2d 937 - Carr v. Carr