Legal Opinion
Zablocki v. Redhail
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 18, 1978No. 76-879PublishedCited by 1,109 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
At issue in this case is the constitutionality of a Wisconsin statute, Wis. Stat. §§245.10 (1), (4), (5) (1973), which provides that members of a certain class of Wisconsin residents may not marry, within the State or elsewhere, without first obtaining a court order granting permission to marry. The class is defined by the statute to include any “Wisconsin resident having minor issue not in his custody and which he is under obligation to support by any court order or judgment.” The statute specifies that court permission cannot be granted unless the marriage applicant submits proof of…
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