Chapter

Marriage: General Principles

La. R.S. 9:201— MARRIAGE: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
La. R.S. 9:202— Authority to perform marriage ceremony
La. R.S. 9:203— Officiant; judges and justices of the peace
La. R.S. 9:204— Officiant other than judge; registration
La. R.S. 9:205— Officiant to require marriage license
La. R.S. 9:211— Relations of the fourth degree
La. R.S. 9:212— REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, 17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.
La. R.S. 9:213— REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, 17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.
La. R.S. 9:214— REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, 17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.
La. R.S. 9:221— Authority to issue marriage license
La. R.S. 9:222— Place of issuance
La. R.S. 9:223— Form
La. R.S. 9:224— Same; information required
La. R.S. 9:225— Same; attachments
La. R.S. 9:226— Certified copy of birth certificate; translation to English
La. R.S. 9:227— Certified copy unavailable; other proof
La. R.S. 9:228— Same; court order waiving birth certificate
La. R.S. 9:229— To 233 Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 345, 2, eff. July 7, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 808, 2, eff. July 18, 1988.
La. R.S. 9:234— Time and date; indication of covenant marriage
La. R.S. 9:235— Valid for thirty days
La. R.S. 9:236— Reissuance
La. R.S. 9:237— Information on matrimonial regime and covenant marriage laws; printed summary
La. R.S. 9:241— Premature ceremony prohibited
La. R.S. 9:242— Waiver of delay
La. R.S. 9:243— Penalty
La. R.S. 9:244— Witnesses required
La. R.S. 9:245— Marriage certificate
La. R.S. 9:251— Consolidated form
La. R.S. 9:252— Duplicate records of marriage licenses issued; preservation; filing of duplicate copy with state division of vital records; penalty for failure to file
La. R.S. 9:253— Disposition and recordation of marriage certificates
La. R.S. 9:254— Penalty for failure to file or complete marriage certificate
La. R.S. 9:255— Tabulation of marriage statistics; annual report
La. R.S. 9:256— Penalties
La. R.S. 9:261— Opposition to marriage
La. R.S. 9:262— Hearing on opposition
La. R.S. 9:263— Persons entitled to oppose
La. R.S. 9:272— Covenant marriage; intent; conditions to create
La. R.S. 9:273— Covenant marriage; contents of declaration of intent
La. R.S. 9:273.1— Declaration of intent; form
La. R.S. 9:274— Covenant marriage; other applicable rules
La. R.S. 9:275— Covenant marriage; applicability to already married couples
La. R.S. 9:275.1— Declaration of intent; married couples; form
La. R.S. 9:276— Limitation of liability; pastoral counselor
La. R.S. 9:291— Suits between spouses
La. R.S. 9:292— Surname of married person
La. R.S. 9:293— Law applicable to spouses in covenant marriage
La. R.S. 9:294— Covenant spouses' love, respect, and community
La. R.S. 9:295— Covenant spouses' obligation to live together
La. R.S. 9:296— Right and duty of covenant spouses to manage household
La. R.S. 9:297— Decisionmaking in interest of family
La. R.S. 9:298— Obligations to children of the marriage