Marriages Between Citizens

Marriages Between Citizens. Marriage contracts between parties, both of whom are citizens of the Trust Territory, solemnized in accordance with recognized customs, shall be valid, a notice of the marriage, showing the names and addresses of the persons married, their ages and the date of marriage, shall be sent to the clerk of courts of the Commonwealth Trial Court, who shall, upon its receipt, record it in the marriage register. Source: 39 TTC § 55. Commission Comment: Section 4 of PL 6-25, the “Commonwealth Judicial Reorganization Act of 1989,” provides that “[w]herever the term ‘Commonwealth Trial Court’ appears in the Commonwealth Code, it is henceforth to be interpreted and understood to refer to the Commonwealth Superior Court.”