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Marriage Conditions


A lot of people know that marriage is civil agreement. Government specified many rules to treat for marriage and make marriage between man and woman proceeding properly and affecting legally. For getting advantage to spouse and society, we call this treaty “marriage condition”. The law specified 8 features:

First,  man and woman need to be 17 years old, because law wants spouse to completely grow up in physical, mental and brain aspects . And it wants them to have feeling to be householder. If there is a necessary cause to marry , for example , pregnant before 17 years old. The person who has not reach the age needs to ask for permission to marry.


Second, man and woman which will marry have to have no mental disorder or normally we understand that they are crazy. Moreover, it includes nut people who are lacking of right and wrong feelings, but not includes squander manner or alcoholic.

Third, man and woman have not to be relatives, because it is a medical reason to protect the baby having brain disease and it is a moral reason as well, because marry with person in the same blood affecting to the feeling of people in society.

Fourth, Man and woman who will marry have not to be spouse of other or we understand that it cannot be plural marriage. Fifth, man and woman consent to be husband and wife. This consent is volunteering , and other people cannot consent instead of spouse, because marriage of specific matter. Spouse has to consent in front of registrar and registrar needs to record this agreement.

Fifth, Man and woman consent to be husband and wife. This consent is volunteering , and other people cannot consent instead of spouse, because marriage of specific matter. Spouse has to consent in front of registrar and registrar needs to record this agreement.

Sixth, There are adopter and adopted child cases. Normally they cannot marry, because the law let them be parents and children. However, they were not forbidden, because adopter and adopted child are not have blood relationship. So that, law specified that if they marry, adopted child will cancel according to the law immediately.

Seventh, is about widow case or woman who used to marry and will re-marry. No matter previous marry was ended because husband died or divorced. If she would like to re-marry, she needed to wait not less than 310 days counting from the day that she ended previous marriage for protecting correct parents of a child. In case man widow, he can re-marry immediately and need not to wait for that period.

The last case is minor will marry, because law realizes that parents still take care of minor or parents can decide who is spouse of the child better than he or she does by himself or herself. Parents also support money for child’s marriage. Therefore, this will be suitable to let minor get consent from parents before marry which is legal.

There are 8 marriage conditions according to the law as mentioned. Other cause or condition did not affect to completeness of marriage. For example, during marriage husband and wife have contagious disease or husband and wife follow different religion. These causes did not make marriage invalid or incomplete.

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