South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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H. 3925

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Spires and Yow
Document Path: l:\council\bills\cc\15111vr17.docx

Introduced in the House on March 7, 2017
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Common law marriage

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/7/2017  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 76)
    3/7/2017  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 76)
    3/9/2017  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/7/2017

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 20-1-110 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT COMMON-LAW MARRIAGE IS NOT VALID IN THE STATE ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2018, AND THAT OTHERWISE VALID COMMON-LAW MARRIAGES ESTABLISHED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2018, CONTINUE TO BE RECOGNIZED IN THE STATE; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 20-1-360 RELATING TO THE VALIDITY OF A MARRIAGE CONTRACTED WITHOUT THE ISSUANCE OF A LICENSE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 20 is amended by adding:

"Section 20-1-110.    No common-law marriage entered into in this State on or after January 1, 2018, is valid. Otherwise valid common-law marriages established before January 1, 2018, are not affected by this section and continue to be recognized in this State."

SECTION    2.    Section 20-1-360 of the 1976 Code is repealed.

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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