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Code · Connecticut · Title 46b — Family Law · CHAPTER 815e* — Marriage

Sec. 46b-28. (Formerly Sec. 46-6). Validity of marriages celebrated in a foreign country.

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All marriages in which one or both parties are citizens of this state, celebrated in a foreign country, shall be valid, provided:
(1)Each party would have legal capacity to contract such marriage in this state and the marriage is celebrated in conformity with the law of that country; or
(2)the marriage is celebrated, in the presence of the ambassador or minister to that country from the United States or in the presence of a consular officer of the United States accredited to such country, at a place within his consular jurisdiction, by any ordained or licensed clergyman engaged in the work of the ministry in any state of the United States or in any foreign country.
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