Sec. 46b-22a. Validation of marriages performed by unauthorized justice of the peace.
Sec. 46b-22a. Validation of marriages performed by unauthorized justice of
the peace. All marriages celebrated before June 7, 2006, otherwise valid except that
the justice of the peace joining such persons in marriage did not have a valid certificate
of qualification, are validated, provided the justice of the peace who joined such persons
in marriage represented himself or herself to be a duly qualified justice of the peace and
such persons reasonably relied upon such representation.
(P.A. 82-166, S. 1, 4; P.A. 84-171, S. 1, 7; P.A. 85-83, S. 1, 2; P.A. 87-587, S. 13, 18; P.A. 89-4, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-12,
S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-87, S. 1, 3; P.A. 95-6, S. 1, 3; P.A. 96-258, S. 4, 5; P.A. 97-10, S. 1, 3; P.A. 99-20, S. 1, 3; P.A. 01-4, S.
1, 3; P.A. 02-71, S. 3; P.A. 03-238, S. 1; P.A. 06-195, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 84-171 changed applicable date from May 17, 1982, to March 13, 1984; P.A. 85-83 changed applicable
date from March 13, 1984, to April 29, 1985; P.A. 87-587 changed applicable date from April 29, 1985, to April 19, 1987;
P.A. 89-4 changed applicable date from April 19, 1987, to March 13, 1989; P.A. 91-12 changed "March 13, 1989" to
"March 28, 1991"; P.A. 93-87 changed applicable date from March 28, 1991, to June 2, 1993, effective June 2, 1993; P.A.
95-6 changed applicable date from June 2, 1993, to April 13, 1995, effective April 13, 1995; P.A. 96-258 changed applicable
date from April 13, 1995, to June 10, 1996, effective June 10, 1996; P.A. 97-10 changed applicable date from June 10,
1996, to April 18, 1997, effective April 18, 1997; P.A. 99-20 changed applicable date from April 18, 1997, to May 12,
1999, effective May 12, 1999; P.A. 01-4 changed applicable date from May 12, 1999, to April 27, 2001, effective April
27, 2001; P.A. 02-71 changed applicable date from "before April 27, 2001," to "on and after April 27, 2001, and before
June 3, 2002,", effective June 3, 2002; P.A. 03-238 changed applicable date from "on and after April 27, 2001, and before
June 3, 2002," to "before July 9, 2003," and made validation subject to condition that the justice of the peace represented
himself or herself to be a duly qualified justice of the peace and that the persons joined in marriage reasonably relied upon
such representation, effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 06-195 made a technical change and changed applicable date from July
9, 2003, to June 7, 2006, effective June 7, 2006.