PRINTER'S NO. 333
No. 316 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY MAYERNIK, FLICK AND STEELMAN, JANUARY 31, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 31, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for common-law
3 marriage.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1103 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1103. Common-law marriage.
9 (a) General rule.--This part [shall not be construed to
10 change the existing law with regard to common-law marriage.]
11 constitutes the sole legal method for contracting marriage in
12 this Commonwealth. Common-law marriage is not recognized as
13 valid in this Commonwealth.
14 (b) Other jurisdictions.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), if
15 a right, obligation or liability under the laws of this
16 Commonwealth depends upon whether a common-law marriage has been
17 contracted in another jurisdiction, the law of that jurisdiction
18 shall apply to the determination of whether the common-law
1 marriage has been contracted.
2 Section 2. The amendment of 23 Pa.C.S. § 1103 shall not
3 apply to a common-law marriage which is valid under the laws of
4 this Commonwealth in effect on the effective date of this act.
5 Section 3. This act shall take effect in one year.
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