No marriage solemnized before any person professing to have authority therefor shall be invalid for the want of such authority, if it is consummated with the belief of the parties, or either of them, that he had authority and that they have been lawfully married.
KRS 402.070
Marriage not invalid for want of authority to solemnize
Known as the Kentucky Sickle Cell Disease Detection Act
The act spans §§ 402–402 (37 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Pinkhasov v. Petocz (2011)
Most recently applied in Pinkhasov v. Petocz (January 2011)
Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky
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