Alabama
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Incestuous marriages only.
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Arizona
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If child was born after 3/17/21.
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Arkansas
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Ceremonial marriage — good faith need not be shown. Common-law marriage — good faith
by at least one party must be shown.
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California
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Ceremonial marriage — good faith need not be shown. Common-law marriage — good faith
by at least one party must be shown.
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Colorado
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Applies only to child of father alive on 7/1/57. Ceremonial marriage — good faith
need not be shown. Common-law marriage — good faith by at least one party must be
shown.
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Connecticut
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Applies to child of father alive on 10/1/63, if marriage was ceremonial. If father
died before 10/1/63, or if nonceremonial marriage alleged, submit to the Office of
the General Counsel (OGC) under GN 01010.815 ff.
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Delaware
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District of Columbia
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Legitimate child only of parent capable of contracting a valid marriage.
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Georgia
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Ceremonial marriage — good faith need not be shown. Common-law marriage — good faith
by at least one party must be shown.
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Hawaii
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Ceremonial marriage only.
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Idaho
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Illinois
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Ceremonial marriage only.
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Indiana
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Kansas
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Kentucky
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Incestuous marriages only.
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Maryland
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Ceremonial marriages only.
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Michigan
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Except bigamous marriage prior to 11/2/67. Beginning 11/2/67, unqualified “True Void
Marriage Statute” applicable.
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Minnesota
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Mississippi
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Applies to children conceived after bigamous ceremonial or common-law marriages entered
into before 4/5/56, and to children conceived after bigamous ceremonial marriages
entered into or after the date. Does not apply if parent died before 7/16/62.
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Missouri
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Montana
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Nevada
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New Jersey
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Ceremonial marriage only. Good faith need not be shown on part of either parent.
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North Carolina
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Ceremonial marriage only. Applies only to child of father alive on 7/1/51.
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North Dakota
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If at least one parent did not contract marriage in good faith, or if common-law marriage
is alleged, submit to OGC per GN 01010.815 ff.
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Ohio
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Ceremonial marriage — good faith need not be shown. Common-law marriage alleged —
good faith by at least one party must be shown.
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Oklahoma
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Oregon
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See GN 00306.605.
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Pennsylvania
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If void marriage entered into prior to 12/17/59, applies only if the party to whom
the relationship is claimed is alive on that date. Ceremonial marriage — good faith
need not be shown. Common- law marriage alleged — good faith by at least one party
must be shown.
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Rhode Island
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Applies to all ceremonial or common-law void marriages if at least one of the parties
acted in good faith in contracting the marriage and child was born before marriage
was judicially annulled. If neither party had good faith or child was born after judicial
annulment, submit to OGC per GN 01010.815 ff. This provision is change of position effective 12/10/68. Previous provision:
unless marriage is void because it was contracted between persons related within prohibited
degrees of consanguinity and affinity.
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South Carolina
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Child born on or after 4/13/51, of a bigamous marriage contracted on or after that
date, is deemed legitimate if either parent contracted marriage in good faith and
in ignorance of incapacity of other party.
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South Dakota
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Tennessee
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Ceremonial marriage only; good faith need not be shown.
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Texas
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Utah
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Virginia
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Washington
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Alleged marriage, whether ceremonial or nonceremonial, must be of record. Good faith
need not be shown.
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West Virginia
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Except bigamous common-law marriage.
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Wisconsin
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Ceremonial marriage — good faith need not be shown. Common-law marriage — good faith
by at least one party must be shown.
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