ACCOUNTS MANAGEMENT, INC. v. LITCHFIELD

No. 20129.

576 N.W.2d 233 (1998)

1998 SD 24

ACCOUNTS MANAGEMENT, INC., Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Claudia LITCHFIELD, f/k/a Claudia Klusman, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided March 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Nelson, Sioux Falls, for plaintiff and appellee.

Kenneth E. Jasper of Jasper Law Offices, Rapid City, for defendant and appellant.


KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Today we must decide whether failure to record a marriage license invalidates a marriage. A widow denies responsibility for her deceased husband's medical bills contending her marriage was void for lack of recording with the register of deeds. Because we construe our licensing statutes to favor validation of marriages even when a statutory formality was overlooked, we declare the marriage valid and conclude our statutes make her financially...

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