30-1-33 - Conformity to master plan for counseling as prerequisite to marriage license -- Exceptions. - Utah Statutes

30-1-33. Conformity to master plan for counseling as prerequisite to marriagelicense -- Exceptions.
Whenever the board of commissioners of a county has adopted a master plan forpremarital counseling no resident of the county may obtain a marriage license without conformingto the plan, except that:
(1) Any person who applies for a marriage license shall have the right to secure thelicense and to marry notwithstanding their failure to conform to the required premaritalcounseling or their failure to obtain a certificate of authorization from the premarital counselingboard if they wait six months from the date of application for issuance of the license.
(2) This act shall not apply to any application for a marriage license where both partiesare at least 19 years of age and neither has been previously divorced.
(3) This act shall not apply to any application for a marriage license unless bothapplicants have physically resided in the state of Utah for 60 days immediately preceding theirapplication.
(4) Premarital counseling required by this act shall be deemed fulfilled if the applicantspresent a certificate verified by a clergyman that the applicants have completed a course ofpremarital counseling approved by his church and given by or under the supervision of theclergyman.

Enacted by Chapter 64, 1971 General Session