Tennessee Marriage Laws | § 36-3-110 | Contest Of Issuance. Marriage Laws

Tennessee Code 36-3-110

Contest of issuance.

Any interested person shall have the right to contest the issuance of the marriage license, which contest shall be filed, heard and determined by the judge of the probate court, or judge of the juvenile court, or any judge or chancellor; provided, that such contest shall not be filed without the filing of a cost bond in the sum of at least fifty dollars ($50.00) with solvent sureties executed by the contestant, conditioned as in civil cases, and the cost of such contest shall be adjudged against the losing party.

Acts 1937, ch. 81, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 8414.4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-412.

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§ 36-3-105 Minimum age of applicant for license.
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§ 36-3-110 Contest of issuance.
§ 36-3-111 County clerk violating law — Penalty.
§ 36-3-112 Fraudulently signing or using false documents — Misdemeanor.
§ 36-3-113 Marriage between one man and one woman only legally recognized marital contract. [See Compiler's Note.]
§ 36-3-304 Form of certificate.
§ 36-3-305 Solemnizing marriage between incapable persons — Misdemeanor.
§ 36-3-306 Marriage consummated by ceremony not invalidated by failure to comply with law — Restriction.
§ 36-3-307 Nickname in license does not invalidate marriage.
§ 36-3-308 Marriages during War Between the States validated.
§ 36-3-108 Forced marriage prohibited — Civil action.
§ 36-3-302 Formula not required.
§ 36-3-303 Return of license to clerk — Penalty for failure to return — Society of Friends.