Marriage
Wisconsin
- Information for marriage applicants and officiants (WI Dept. of Health Services)
- Marriage Handbook (WI Dept. of Health Services)
- Marriage Forms & Guides from Wisconsin Counties (WI State Law Library)
- Look before you leap: a guide to the legal and financial implications of marriage (UW Extension)
- Certificates, Marriage
- Marriage Certificates (WI Vital Records Office)
Request copies of a marriage certificate - Marriage Certificates, United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Marriage Certificates (WI Vital Records Office)
- Common Law Marriage
- Common law marriage by state (Nat'l Conference of State Legislatures)
- Common law marriage handbook (US Department of Labor)
Includes state by state information about common law marriage.
- Licenses, Marriage
- Marriages Abroad / Out of State
- Marriage of United States Citizens Abroad (US Dept. of State)
- Forced Marriage of United States Citizens Abroad (US Dept. of State)
- Statistics
- Wisconsin Marriage and Divorce Statistics (WI Dept. of Health Services)
The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)
- WI Constitution Art. 13, sec. 13 "Marriage"
- WI Statutes: ch. 765 "Marriage"
- WI Statutes: s. 765.03 "Who shall not marry; divorced persons"
- WI Statutes: s. 765.16 "Marriage Contract, How Made; Officiating Person"
- WI Statutes: s. 944.05 "Bigamy"
- Opinions
- Obergefell v. Hodges (U.S. Supreme Court)
Establishes same sex couple right to marry in all 50 states
- Obergefell v. Hodges (U.S. Supreme Court)
Search for more statutes, regulations & opinions.
County Resources
Recommended links from our County Resources database:
Court Forms
- Petition for court order to file a Wisconsin delayed registration of marriage (Manitowoc Clerk of Court)
A petition to file a delayed registration of marriage with the State Vital Records office.
Guides
- Marriage Licenses (Burnett County Clerk)
- Petition for court order to file a Wisconsin delayed registration of marriage (Manitowoc Clerk of Court)
Related Topics
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Partnership
- Estate Planning
- Family Law
- Health Plans & Insurance
- Immigration & Citizenship
- Legal Assistance
- Marital Property
- Name Change
- Real Property Law
Law Review Articles
- A Decade-Post Button v. Button: Drafting Prenuptial Agreements
Wis Lawyer (July 1999) - Choice of Law: Will a Wisconsin Court Recognize a Vermont Civil Union?
Marquette L. Rev. 85:1 (Fall 2001) - Practice of Marriage
Wis. Women's Law Jnl 20:2 (Fall 2005) - What Part of Yours is Mine? The Creation of a Marital Property Ownership Interest by Nonmarital Property?.
2005 Wis. L. Rev. 3 (May-June 2005) p855-911 - Wisconsin Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage
78 Wis Lawyer 3 (Mar 2005)
Library Resources
- Advising the evolving family
- Children & the Law in a Nutshell
- Constitutional Amendment & Advisory Referendum to be Considered by Wisconsin Voters November 7 2006
- International family law desk book
- International family law practice
- Less Faith in Judicial Credit
- Look Before You Leap: a Guide to the Legal & Financial Implications of Marriage and Remarriage in Wisconsin
- Marital Property Law in Wisconsin