As used and recognized in the law of the Commonwealth, "marriage" refers only to the civil status, condition, or relation of one (1) man and one (1) woman united in law for life, for the discharge to each other and the community of the duties legally incumbent upon those whose association is founded on the distinction of sex.
KRS 402.005
Definition of marriage
Known as the Kentucky Sickle Cell Disease Detection Act
The act spans §§ 402–402 (37 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Windsor v. United States (2012)
Most recently applied in Jack Pidgeon and Larry Hicks v. Mayor Sylvester Turner and City of Houston (June 2017)
Effective: July 15, 1998 History: Created 1998 Ky
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Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.