COOK v. COOK

No. 1 CA-CV 03-0727.

104 P.3d 857 (2005)

209 Ariz. 487

In re the Marriage of: Alan Roger COOK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Peggy COOK, Respondent-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department A.

January 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leyh, Billar, Sternberg, P.L.L.C., Phoenix, By Cynthia A. Leyh, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Hunt, Kenworthy, Meerchaum & Hossler, Yuma, By David J. Hossler, for Respondent-Appellee.


OPINION

BARKER, J.

¶ 1 In 1996, the Arizona legislature amended this state's marriage statutes to provide that certain marriages, even though "valid by the laws of the place where contracted," were nonetheless "void and prohibited" in Arizona. S.B. 1038, 42d Leg., 2d Reg. Sess. (Ariz.1996); Ariz.Rev.Stat. ("A.R.S.") § 25-112(A) ("1996 amendments"). We resolve statutory, choice-of-law, and constitutional issues that arise out of the 1996 amendments...

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