NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 797

SENATE BILL 323

 

 

AN ACT TO VALIDATE CERTAIN MARRIAGES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Any marriages performed by ministers of the Universal Life Church prior to the effective date of this act are validated, unless they have been invalidated by a court of competent jurisdiction, provided that all other requirements of law have been met and the marriages would have been valid if performed by an official authorized by law to perform wedding ceremonies.

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of July, 1981.