Wis. Stat. § 765.01
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 765.01, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject. This particular section falls under Chapter 765, “Marriage.”
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A civil contract.
Official statutory text
Marriage, so far as its validity at law is concerned, is a civil contract, to which the consent of the parties capable in law of contracting is essential, and which creates the legal status of husband and wife.
History: 1979 c. 32 s. 48 ; Stats. 1979 s. 765.01.
History: 1979 c. 32 s. 48 ; Stats. 1979 s. 765.01.
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