Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 402.020 to prohibit marriage with a person under 18 years of age; exclude from being prohibited and void, marriages entered into in the Commonwealth before the effective date of this Act and marriages entered into in another state or country; amend KRS 402.080 and 402.210 to prohibit the issuance of marriage licenses to persons under 18 years of age; amend KRS 402.030 to conform; repeal KRS 402.205, relating to petitions to courts filed by minors aged 17 years seeking permission to marry.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- L. Burke

Summary Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 402.020 to remove marriage between members of the same sex from marriages that are prohibited and void.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- K. Holloway

Summary Remove original provisions; amend KRS 402.020 to allow persons age 16 and older to marry if they have been declared an emancipated minor or if the marriage parties have a child in common or if a party is pregnant with a child of the other party and judicial permission to marry has been granted; amend KRS 402.210 and 402.205 to conform.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 402.020, 402.030, 402.080, 402.210
Current: 402.020, 402.030, 402.080, 402.210