Opinion No.

The Honorable Bob Mathis State Representative 106 Leigh Circle Hot Springs, AR 71901

Dear Representative Mathis:

I am writing in response to your request for my opinion on a question concerning the recognition in Arkansas of a marriage under certain circumstances. Your request is made on behalf of a particular constituent who reports that he is going to be married in a civil ceremony in Dubrovnik, Croatia, to be followed later by a Catholic ceremony in Arkansas after the Catholic Church's annulment of his fiancée's previous marriage. He states that the marriage in Dubrovnik, Croatia will be in…