HOUSE BILL 47

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008

INTRODUCED BY

Nora Espinoza

AN ACT

RELATING TO MARRIAGE; DEFINING MARRIAGE AS A CIVIL CONTRACT BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 40-1-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1862-1863, p. 64, as amended) is amended to read:

     "40-1-1. CIVIL CONTRACT.--[Section 1.] Marriage is contemplated by the law as a civil contract between one man and one woman for which the consent of the contracting parties, capable in law of contracting, is essential."

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