Article 1:31
in forceMarriage · Requirements for entering into a marriage
In order to be permitted to enter into a marriage, a man and a woman must have reached the age of eighteen years.
Om een huwelijk te mogen aangaan moeten een man en een vrouw de leeftijd van achttien jaren hebben bereikt.
Decisions of the Dutch Supreme Court (Hoge Raad) applying this article. Annotations are unofficial translations.
Caribbean case. Law of persons and family law. Exclusion of marriage between persons of the same sex in Aruba (Art. 1:31 paragraph 1 and 1:33 BWA) in conflict with the prohibition of discrimination (Art. I.1 Constitution of Aruba). Constitutional review on the basis of Art. I.22 Constitution of Aruba. Could the court itself remedy the discrimination? See also HR 12 July 2024, ECLI:NL:HR:2024:978.
Decision on rechtspraak.nlAruban case; civil status, petition (application) pursuant to Article 1:26 of the Civil Code of Aruba (Burgerlijk Wetboek van Aruba). Marriage certificate drawn up in the Netherlands between two women eligible for entry into the civil status register in Aruba; interregional private international law, cultural diversity, Article 40 of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands: legal validity of instruments within the Kingdom is equal everywhere without prior recognition and notwithstanding contrary local views in the parts of the Kingdom, no conflict-of-laws test or public policy (openbare orde) test.
Decision on rechtspraak.nl