20 CFR 725.230

§ 725.230 Legal impediment.

United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective

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Citation: 20 CFR 725.230, § 725.230 Legal impediment, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/82132
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For purposes of this subpart, “legal impediment” means an impediment resulting from the lack of dissolution of a previous marriage or otherwise arising out of such previous marriage or its dissolution or resulting from a defect in the procedure followed in connection with the purported marriage ceremony—for example, the solemnization of a marriage only through a religious ceremony in a country which requires a civil ceremony for a valid marriage.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.