Text of MD SB 852 (2010)
Same Sex Marriages - Foreign Jurisdictions - Invalidity
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*sb0852*
SENATE BILL 852
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HB 693/05 – JUD
CF HB 90
By: Senators Stone, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Haines, Jacobs, Mooney,
Muse, Peters, and Simonaire
Introduced and read first time: February 11, 2010
Assigned to: Rules
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning
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Same Sex Marriages – Foreign Jurisdictions – Invalidity
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FOR the purpose of providing that a marriage between two individuals of the same sex
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that is validly entered into in another state or in a foreign country is not valid in
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this State; altering the definition of a “foreign marriage” to provide that the
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term includes a marriage ceremony between a man and woman; and generally
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relating to the validity of same sex marriages in the State.
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BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
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Article – Family Law
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Section 2–201 and 2–502(a)
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Annotated Code of Maryland
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(2006 Replacement Volume and 2009 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
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MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
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Article – Family Law
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2–201.
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(A)
Only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid in this State.
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(B)
A MARRIAGE BETWEEN TWO INDIVIDUALS OF THE SAME SEX THAT IS
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VALIDLY ENTERED INTO IN ANOTHER STATE OR IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY IS NOT
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VALID IN THIS STATE.
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2–502.
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(a)
In this section, “foreign marriage” means a marriage ceremony:
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performed outside this State; [and]
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(2)
BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN; AND
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[(2)] (3)
in which 1 or both of the parties were or are citizens of this
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State.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
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October 1, 2010.
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